Riches Quotes

America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external riches with fear; they often leave their possessor scorned and mocked at for having lost them.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Who have not led the holy life nor riches won while young, they linger on as aged cranes around a fished-out pond.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step.

Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.