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"No man can tell whether
he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the
heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to
what he is, not according to what he has. "
Henry Ward Beecher |
"The want of goods is easily
repaired: but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.
Michel de Montaigne |
"That man is the richest
whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau |
"Prosperity is only an
instrument to be used; not a deity to be worshipped.
Calvin Coolidge |
"Wealth makes everything
easy- honesty most of all.
Comtesse Diane |
"The best definition of
wealth is the possession of whatever gives us happiness,
contentment or a sense of one's significance in the scheme
of things. "
Ernest W. Watson |
"The real wealth of the
world is in the resources of the ground we stand on, and
in the resources of the human mind."
Norman Cousins |
"Remember, what you possess
in the world will be found at the day of your death to
belong to someone else, but what you are will be yours
forever.
Henry van Dyke |
"Wealth is not only what you
have but it is also what you are.
Sterling W. Sill |
"To have what we want is
riches, but to be able to do without is power.
George MacDonald |
"Not what you possess but
what you do with what you have, determines your true
worth.
Thomas Carlyl |
"Who is rich? He who
rejoices in his lot.
The Mishnah |
"If you want to know how
rich you really are, find out what would be left of you
tomorrow if you should lose every penny you own tonight. "
Wm. J. H. Boetcker |
"It's good to have money and
the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to
check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost
the things that money can't buy.
George Horace Lorimer |
"Poverty has its duties as
well as its rights.
Benjamin Disraeli |
"It is not poverty that we
praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
Seneca |
"The real measure of our
wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost our
money.
J. H. Jowett |
"What greater ornament to a
son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's
honorable conduct?"
Sophocles |
"To crave more than you need
-that is poverty.
Ivan No Panin |
"Wealth consists not in
having great possessions, but in having a few wants."
Epicurus |
"Man is not the master of
what he has, but only its guardian."
Jacob ben Asher |
"I would rather be a beggar
and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend
money like a beggar."
Robert Go Ingersoll |
"A wise man will desire no
more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute
cheerfully, and leave contentedly."
Anonymous |
"The best condition of life
is not to be so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be
damned.
Josh Billings |
"In finances, be strict with
yourself, generous with others."
Moses Maimonides |
"Do you know what real
poverty is? It is never to have a big thought or a genuine
impulse."
Jerome Po Fleishman |
The wealth of a nation
cannot be stored in gold bars. It must remain in the
spirit and attitude of the people; wholesome, hopeful, and
reverent."
Douglas Meador |
"All our possessions are as
nothing compared to health, strength and a clear
conscience."
Hosea Ballou |
"No legacy is so rich as
honesty."
William Shakespeare |
Money buys everything
except love, personality, freedom, immortality, silence,
peace."
Carl Sandburg |
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