Wealth Quotes - Page 15

• The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.

  Wendell Berry

  Mean, Community, Political

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.58, Counterpoint

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• Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may - wealth or self, pleasure or renown.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Sleep, Night

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• Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.

  Richard Branson

  Differences, Fame, Made

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• There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Friendship, Wise, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from May 18, 2015

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• Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, People, Spending

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth;
  it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy
  that can provide employment for everyone able and willing to work.

  Felix Rohatyn

  Equality, Able, Doe

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• For the last one hundred and fifty years, the history of the House of Rothschild has been to an amazing degree the backstage history of Western Europe...Because of their success in making loans not to individuals but to nations, they reaped huge profits...Someone once said that the wealth of Rothschild consists of the bankruptcy of nations.

  Frederic Morton

  Years, Europe, House

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• Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace

  Kofi Annan

  Real, Rights, Long

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  Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole

  Karl Marx

  Ignorance, Opposites, Agony

  Karl Marx (2007). “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production”, p.709, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Real, Mean, Cash Flow

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• I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and stressed, in which case you need an hour. I promise you, it is there. Fight tooth and nail to find time, to make it. It is our true wealth, this moment, this hour, this day.

  Anne Lamott

  Fighting, Self, Promise

  "Borrowing Time for Bliss" by Christine Carter, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2010.

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• Wealth is good when it brings joy to others.

  Og Mandino

  Joy

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.23, Bantam

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• True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Character, Commitment

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It takes us long to learn that prayer is more important than organization, more powerful than armies, more influential than wealth and mightier than all learning.

  Samuel Chadwick

  Prayer, Powerful, Army

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• We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, where people's wealth depends on the people around you. If you become a rich person and everyone around you is poor you are very poor.

  Goodluck Jonathan

  Country, People, Want

  Interview with Isha Sesay, www.cnn.com. September 30, 2010.

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• Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to the perpetuation of wealth and power in the individuals and their families selected for the trust.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Oppression, Individual

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  Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

  Anne Frank

  Lying, Character, Greatness

  Anne Frank (2008). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition”, p.114, Bantam

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• Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans.

  Jim Rohn

  Riches, Fingers, Plans

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 29, 2016

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• At the root of everything that we’re trying to accomplish is the belief that America has a mission. We are a nation of freedom, living under God, believing all citizens must have the opportunity to grow, create wealth, and build a better life for those who follow. If we live up to those moral values, we can keep the American dream alive for our children and our grandchildren, and America will remain mankind’s best hope.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Children, Believe

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• I believe Social Security is unjust. I think it's wrong. I think it penalizes responsible people. It penalizes the young and it's a massive redistribution of wealth.

  Yaron Brook

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• When you create wealth, it’s your responsibility to return it to society.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Responsibility, Return

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Aug 28, 2012

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• The problem with Prosperity Theology is not that it promises too much, but that it aims for so little. What God promises us in Christ is far above anything that can be measured in earthly wealth - and believers are not promised earthly wealth nor the gift of health.

  Albert Mohler

  Promise, Littles, Too Much

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• Energy deregulation will be the largest transfer of wealth in history.

  Warren Buffett

  Energy, Deregulation, Transfers

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• Did you know that lack of information is the number one barrier to wealth?

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Numbers, Information, Barriers

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 17, 2010

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• We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an invisible source. To be continually giving out for the good of our fellows undeterred by fear of poverty and reliant on the unfailing bounty of the Source of all wealth and all good -- this is the secret of right living.

  Shoghi Effendi

  Spring, Giving, Secret

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