“There are those who have made their fortunes on other people’s misfortune. The Bible never promised that life would be fair.”
“Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life.”
“Can people tell from the emphasis we attach to material things whether we have set our affection on things above, or whether we are primarily attached to this world?”
“The devil would be powerless if he couldn t entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers.”
“You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can t have more than you have until you do better than you re doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can t do better than you re doing until you can have more than you have.”
“What they liked in things they called luxury was only the money behind them; they loved wealth before they loved life.”
“So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can t tell you how much this offends me. The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who dont; it s the Emperor s New Clothes gone global.”
“بالمليم يكسب الرجل والجنيه تنفق المرأة”
“If you care for money too much, it is only the money you see, everything else is in shadow.”
“Actions that exemplify the limitations of a singular devotion to the profit motive, also draw a troublesome distinction between what is legal and what is moral.”
“The value of time is immeasurable.”
“Good books do not waste our time as most people do ... collect a great quantity of books, build a library worthy of your noble soul, and spend without stint all the money necessary for it.”
“Isn t it incredible?, I said. There was nothing incredible about it, she said. I thought it was so because I spoke English, because I read books, and because my parents paid for my education and my upkeep. For me everything was surprising, the world was full of wonder, the most random idiotic occurrence was incredible because my luck made it so. For people like her, for the poor, the only incredible thing in the whole world was money and the mysterious ways in which it worked.”
“There was a product which seemed attractive, expensive, portable, beautiful and simple. Everybody talked about its beauty but they bought it for it s simplicity.”
“Greatness is not found in power, it is not found in money, it is not found in the ability to conquer. Greatness is found in humility, in compassion, and in the ability to think outside oneself.”
“Money doesn t make a bad life good, it makes a good life great.”
“Once you deposit that money in your checking account, it becomes the bank’s money and you’re just another one of their creditors.”