Rich Man Quotes

• He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Happy, Teacher

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.48

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• No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Money, Men, Literature

  "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez, (p. 167), 1985.

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• Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man….

  Thomas J. Stanley

  Men, Self, Rich

  Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.208, Government Institutes

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• Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Kings, Men, Rich

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• If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

  J. Paul Getty

  Money, Men, Rich

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• The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Failure, Men, Humanity

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Men, Best Job, Design Work

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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• A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's another kind of poverty that only rich men know, a moral malnutrition that starves their very souls.

  Glenn Frey

  Men, Soul, Politics

  Song: I've Got Mine

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• I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.

  Lee Child

  Men, Needs, Definitions

  Lee Child (2013). “The Essential Jack Reacher 11-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow, 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man”, p.2304, Delacorte Press

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• In my opinion, every rich man is a miser.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Men, Opinion, Rich

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 14, 1595.

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• Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

  Horace Mann

  Education, Men, Rich

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• Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Men, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• The only difference between a rich man and a poor man, is that the poor man suffers uncomfortably, while the rich man suffers comfortably.

  Swami Brahmananda

  Men, Differences, Suffering

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• In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it,’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?

  George R. R. Martin

  Kings, Men, Names

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.796, Bantam

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• I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

  Themistocles

  Men, Want, Rich

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• No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Eye, Men, Rich

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• He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Summer, Winter, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.263, Delphi Classics

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• You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Men, Vaccines, Rich

  "Political speeches of Robert G. Ingersoll".

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• The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

  Walter Raleigh

  Men, Differences, Rich

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• I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.

  Osbert Sitwell

  Funny, Money, Men

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• The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness.

  William Henry Chase

  Wise, Wisdom, Sadness

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• The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

  Edvard Munch

  Heart, Artist, Men

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• I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.

  William Saroyan

  Thinking, Men, Matter

  William Saroyan (1992). “Saroyan's Armenians: An Anthology”, Aegina Press

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• A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Exercise, Men, Mind

  Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.58

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