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“The true wealth of a nation consists not in the stored- up gold but in the intellectual and physical strength of its people.”
C. V. Raman (1888–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Earn wealth through honest and truthful work.”
Basava (1134–1196) said by 1196 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Live morally, do not aspire for other's Wealth, Women and God.”
Basava (1134–1196) said by 1196 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way, And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend: You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I envy men whose yards are gay, But never work as hard as they; I also envy men who own More wealth than I have ever known. I'm like a lot of men who yearn For joys that they refuse to earn.You cannot have the joys of work And take the comfort of a shirk. I find the man I envy most Is he who's longest at his post. I could have gold and roses, too, If I would work like those who do.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by his character and deeds.”
Premchand (1880–1936) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Karmabhoomi (1932).
“Politicians often talk about “creating jobs” as though they can magically invent them from thin air. A “government job” or a job subsidized by government funds requires the salary for that position to be drained out of the private sector through taxes. Moving wealth from one place to another is not actually 'creating' anything.”
Rupert Boneham (born 1964) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rupert on the Issues, RupertForGovernor.com (2011)
“The property owner who invests in a modern corporation so far surrenders his wealth to those in control of the corporation that he has exchanged the position of independent owner for one in which he may become merely recipient of the wages of capital... [Such owners] have surrendered the right that the corporation should be operated in their sole interest...”
Adolf A. Berle (1895–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This fair city opens to all Rama’s heaven, The whole world knows well here is holiness given. Beyond number souls from the four wombs are born. But the souls who in Avadh die never return. Well knowing this city the home of delight, The giver of wealth, source of all that is bright, Its history pure I’ll begin to relate; Once heard it destroys passion, envy and hate.”
Tulsidas (1511–1623) said by 1623 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not just about amassing wealth, but about creating worth, such as through job creation”
Aliko Dangote (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He's actually a rather good ruler. Better, I suspect, than most of our Christian monarchs. He's certainly been good for Mysore. He's fetched it a deal of wealth, given it more justice than most countries enjoy in India and he's been tolerant to most religions, though I fear he did persecute some unfortunate Christians.”
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being.”
W. Brian Arthur (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. [It is] a major force in explaining man to man.”
Edward Steichen (1879–1973) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Time, "To Catch the Instant", 7 April 1961
“Colonial possessions added to the prestige, and to a much lesser degree to the wealth, of Europe. But the primary cause of Western affluence and power is internal—the institutions of science, democracy, and capitalism acting in concert.”
Dinesh D'Souza (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Economists have long known that people are an important part of the wealth of nations.”
Theodore Schultz (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No conception of democracy as geared toward reducing domination can ignore the relations between the political system and the distribution of income and wealth.”
Ian Shapiro (born 1956) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The State of Democratic Theory (2003), Chapter 5. Democracy and Distribution.
“He [Guru Parupalli Ramakrishna Pantulu gaaru] would take care of me. He focussed only on teaching me and never on performances. He never cared about popularity and wealth. However, I am not like that. I perform and give my listeners a tough time. They think this fellow is not good. He does not follow tradition. I provide them with food for talk and thought.”
M. Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Interview by Prince Rama Varma There's no one way to teach., The Hindu, 4 March 2006.
“Capitalism is based on the endless accumulation of wealth, extracted from the environment and from our labor, and government is based on the accumulation of power and control directly stolen from all the rest of us. A marriage between these two systems, which has defined the social reality for at least five hundred years, means everyone gets fucked.”
Peter Gelderloos (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any prosperity policy is a delusion and a path to ruin. There is no economic lesson which the people of the United States need to take to heart more than that. In the second place the Spanish mistakes arose, in part, from confusing the public treasury with the national wealth.”
William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) first seen 1899 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, speech at Yale 1899 .
“Many first possess wealth, and are then possessed by it.”
Ludwig Klages (1872–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sage and the contemner of wealth most resemble God.”
Quintus Sextius (51–101 BC) said by 101 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is wealth? A dream of fools.”
Abraham Cahan (1860–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In four centuries of taking wealth and comfort from the body of the Earth, modern science has not troubled to produce a single rite or ritual, not even a minor prayer, that asks pardon or gives thanks. But then what sense would it make to ask anything of a dead body?”
Theodore Roszak (scholar) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The castle was far more than a walled and turreted fortress; it was an instrument of social control and the symbol of power, authority, and wealth.”
Marilyn Stokstad (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Church attempted to regulate this rather violent society, and eventually a code of honor evolved known as the code of chivalry. (...) Those who aspired to be knights had to have aristocratic ancestors and wealth enough to own warhorses and armor and to provide for a team of supporters.”
Marilyn Stokstad (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whether looming over the land as a symbol of a ruler’s authority or providing a setting for displays of wealth and power in spectacular feasts and tournaments, castles made a visual statement about their owners. All ar chitecture has symbolic overtones, and the castle is a potent image.”
Marilyn Stokstad (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are hardly ever known in their true light, though they may love men, or become indifferent towards them, may give them delight, or abandon them, or may extract from them all the wealth that they possess.”
Vātsyāyana (500–500) said by 500 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If reproduction has been the reward and goal of power and wealth, then it is little wonder that it has also been a frequent cause and rewarding of violence.”
Matt Ridley (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wealthy man's sin isn't his wealth but the importance he attaches to it.”
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bhu and Shri are considered earthly and heavenly manifestations of Laxmi, goddess of wealth and fortune. When Vishnu descended upon the earth in the form of Krishna, they joined him as Rukmini and Satyabhama and their quarrels continued.”
“Wealth that can last generations can now be attained in the shortest time ever in history.”
“Obstacles, not products, are the source of creating wealth.”
“In my judgment excellence and wealth are direct opposites.”
Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the confusion, fear and discontent of our times seem to be reaching towards an extreme, despite a technological development bringing a wealth and a luxury unparalleled in history, why is an exactly coincident decay of religion scarcely ever suggested as a causal factor?”
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne (1896–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some worse people than I have entered Paradise! But it is not everybody’s fortune to be granted forgiveness, it is like wealth in the Fleeting World.”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wealth of our country and our institutional system lies particularly in the fact that our diversity is strength. Whenever we find a balance between unity and diversity, the strength of Belgium is precisely to give meaning to our diversity.”
Philippe of Belgium (born 1960) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Divided Belgium has a new King Philippe", Telegraph (21 July 2013)
“Miller and his colleague Marty Haselton at UCLA have shown that creativity trumps wealth, at least in human females.”
Daniel Levitin (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth, or large amounts of possessions seemed to him limiting. They brought their own prison with them. He preferred, since he had once known a kind of prison, to travel free.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Much individual enterprise in industry does not make for industrial progress. A larger and larger proportion of the energy given out in trade competition is consumed in violent warfare between trade rivals and is not represented either in advancement of industrial arts or in increase of material wealth.”
J. A. Hobson (1858–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Creative destruction can apply to economic concepts as well. And this downturn offers an excellent opportunity to get rid of one that has long outlived its usefulness: gross domestic product. G.D.P. is one measure of national income, of how much wealth Americans make, and it’s a deeply foolish indicator of how the economy is doing. It ought to join buggy.”
Eric Zencey (1953–2019) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eric Zencey, in G.D.P. R.I.P., The New York Times, 9 August 9, 2009
“Paul has no problem with wealth, yet he advocates positions that work against his personal economic interests. He notes that, while advocating the closing of tax loopholes, he has no difficulty taking advantage of those that remain. Fundamentally, Paul represents a middle path, as expressed in the ancient dictum that "men with vision walk in the middle.”
Michael Szenberg (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a world divided by differences of nationality, race, colour, religion and wealth [the Rule of Law] is one of the greatest unifying factors, perhaps the greatest, the nearest we are likely to approach to a universal secular religion. It remains an ideal, but an ideal worth striving for, in the interests of good government and peace, at home and in the world at large.”
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (1933–2010) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rule of Law (2010), Epilogue
“Particular care should be taken that every promise made to them [the Navajo and Mescalero Apache] should be observed to the letter. In this way I am confident that in a few years they would equal if not excel our peaceful and industrious Pueblos, and be a source of wealth to the Territory, instead of being as heretofore its dread and impoverishers.”
Kit Carson (1809–1868) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to General James Henry Carleton (May 17, 1864)
“Bob: Today the Vatican is a tremendous political and religious power. It has one billion citizens, and it controls the wealth of the world.”
Jack T. Chick (1924–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Improving the opportunities across the board is extremely important to sustain the legitimacy of wealth. If a whole horde of people, whole sections of society don't feel they have the opportunities, then the focus is going to be on those who have it and who have made it and say that is illegitimate.”
Raghuram Rajan (born 1963) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the rising suspicions towards self-made people after the Panama Papers leak, as quoted in "‘Panama Papers’ furore: RBI Guv Raghuram Rajan says ‘dangerous’ to question legitimacy of self-made wealth", The Financial Ex…
“When a man of my father’s wealth dies of cancer, you know they haven’t found a cure.”
Edward St. Aubyn (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only in a country free from the funnelling of primogeniture and the levelling of égalité could the fifth generation of a family still be receiving parcels of wealth from a fortune that had essentially been made in the 1830s.”
Edward St. Aubyn (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But you can be sure there are pockets of wealth and influence, and I’m willing to wager that a few people are wealthier and more influential than they were before.” “That’s always the way with disasters,” I said. “What?” “They’re never bad news for everyone. Something nasty always rises to the top.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted the State of Massachusetts, which was called a Commonwealth but was filled with private wealth and private property, to change, as the early Christians had changed. They "had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men as every man had need.”
Dave Dellinger (1915–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only wealth you possess is your labour... France will become again what she should never have ceased to be—an essentially agricultural nation. Like the giant of mythology, she will recover all her strength by contact with the soil.”
Philippe Pétain (1856–1951) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech (August 1940), quoted in Pavlos Giannelia, 'France Returns to the Soil', Land and Freedom, Vol. XLI, No. 1 (January-February 1941), p. 23 and Eugen Weber, 'France', in Hans Rogger and Eugen Weber (eds.), The Euro…