Wealth Quotes

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.

There is no water like rainwater; no strength like one's own; no light like that of the eyes; and no wealth more dear than food grain.

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.

A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.

The Goddess of wealth is unsteady, and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain; but in all this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable.

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

It was realized that technology is the highest wealth generator in the shortest possible period if it is deployed in the right direction

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.