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“The globalisation of the world economy has not led to a more equitable distribution of wealth but is facilitating its further concentration.”
Michael Manley (1924–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a people, we must make a choice now, between life and death, between health and wealth and between stability and unhappiness. We must find a balance between our pleasure and daily freedom on the one hand and the survival and self preservation of our society on the other hand.”
Rotimi Akeredolu (1956–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am careful. The wealth I don’t need I don’t ask for it. What a man has does not necessarily translate to a good end for him.”
Ayo Fayose (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth is created through hard work, perseverance and commitment. Do not despise humble beginnings, because every great achievement starts with a small step.”
Caleb Mutfwang (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Someone like Chrissie Rucker of The White Company, who creates a successful chain of shops, doesn't have the power to shape law that a senior judge has but she may create jobs for hundreds and significant wealth, as we report on the opposite page.”
Marjorie Scardino (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At a very early age, I knew that I could use education as my compass to navigate wealth.”
Adeola Olubamiji (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you buy inclusion and acceptance with conformity, the price bankrupts us spiritually. My greatest wealth is not financial. It is peace of mind.”
Barbara Gardner Proctor (1933–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ad Executive Barbara Proctor and the Power of 'No' May 10, 2022
“I am the Founder and Creator of Guapcoin, a cryptocurrency focused on closing the wealth gap and providing access to crypto for African Americans, Latinx people, and the global African Diaspora.”
Tavonia Evans wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With our wealth management business, are incredible advantages for TIAA’s clients.”
Kourtney Gibson (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About the 'Ndrangheta) Only crumbs remain in Calabria: it is not profitable to invest there and it would make suspicious wealth visible. It buys from Rome upwards. And it is present in many European countries, from Germany to Switzerland, and abroad, in Canada and Australia.”
Nicola Gratteri (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are all types of wealth.”
Gabrielle E.W. Carter wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must not reduce people’s stories to the wealth of their parents. It flattens ambition, and it ignores the daily choices, failures, pivots, and sacrifices that truly define success.”
Olumide Soyombo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail, should keep within her door; But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back.”
Walsham How (1823–1897) said by 1897 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Good Wives", reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 869
“We take pride in the fact that we are a socially responsible firm and believe that giving back to our community and sharing our wealth of knowledge and experience is the only way of building a healthy and economically sound future.”
Janet Nkubana first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs the lionesses of Africa(September 19, 2026)
“Society is the offspring of leisure; and to acquire this forms the only rational motive for accumulating wealth, notwithstanding the cant that prevails on the subject of labor.”
Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Happy mind and a healthy body is all the wealth you need”
Vandana Luthra (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reality is, our mass-affluent consumer has pretty low awareness that JPMorgan Wealth Management can serve them”
Carla Hassan wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With the technology available today, there’s no reason why access to wealth development should be so unequal.”
Brooke Roberts (entrepreneur) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Taking a second look at policies and practices that have hampered the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within these communities.”
Bekeme Masade (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The new wealth of nations is based upon information, knowledge, and intelligence.”
Edward Feigenbaum (born 1936) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World (1983), co-authored with Pamela McCorduck, p. 14.
“Radical technological advances will reduce material scarcity drastically, so that abundances of wealth, growth and experience will be available to all minds who so desire. New systems of self-regulation will emerge to mitigate the possibility of mind-creation running amok and exhausting the ample resources of the cosmos.”
Ben Goertzel (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagine if your success in life is determined only by your guts, your hard work, and your willpower, and not by the wealth of your parents. I think it'll be a much more interesting world. I think this could change the way the planet is run”
Andrew Yan-Tak Ng (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let me talk about the costs. Because of this road, I have a culture of dependency that keeps on being ingrained in my people. That surely cannot be good for the entrepreneurial mindset that we need from them in order to really create wealth and value. A cultural dependency just doesn't go hand in hand with economic progress.”
Magatte Wade (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But you will be wealthy in your contribution to society; appreciation of life is also our wealth as doctors”
Susan Karanja wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Namibia is one of the key Southern African country with an extensive wealth of archaeological heritage and the densest concentration has been recorded in the central region of Erongo with more than 400 archaeological sites harbouring over 65000 known ancient rock paintings and engravings.”
Alma Mekondjo Nankela wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Celtic Tiger definitely hurt Ireland from an ecological point of view – and on a societal level it brought out a nasty side of people’s nature, which impacted on the environment in turn – an obsession with property, and with ownership and one upmanship, with wealth and appearances.”
Sara Baume (born 1984) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Margarita Estévez-Saá, 2020.
“To achieve this, we will re-design our macroeconomic policy framework to safeguard the needs of future generations by ensuring that they benefit from our natural resource wealth.”
Ndaba Gaolathe (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth comes with its own problems and challenges”
Sue Nyathi (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think Africa has a wealth of talent which remains largely unknown, never mind celebrated”
Sue Nyathi (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must always aim for the top and I see my role as helping recognise our wealth of talent and helping make sure the various DStv channels that feature music have of flow of good Zimbabwean content. This gives me great satisfaction”
Mono Mukundu (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have no doubt that this project will create wealth and much needed jobs in Ghanzi District.”
Noah Salakae wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“GOVERNMENT is yet to begin collecting revenue from the introduced wealth tax targeting the affluent and other shadowy businesspersons named mbingas or zviganandas, despite its legislative approval, Finance”
David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Govt yet to collect wealth tax,16 September 2025
“As leadership of this ministry, you are an integral part of the new administration as the government declares its intention to create decent and sustainable jobs and generate wealth for Batswana, understand that this directive falls within your responsibilities.”
Edwin Dikoloti wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is open to question whether men today, despite the enormous increase in their knowledge, wealth, and power, can yet endure a universe that leaves them alone, or can manage to live in freedom.”
Herbert J. Muller (1905–1980) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Loom of History (1958) ch. 1, sec. 3
“The eradication of impunity, the equitable distribution of national wealth, improved access to justice, the protection of vulnerable people, freedom of expression and assembly, and above all, political alternation through a reliable democratic system are therefore essential elements for maintaining peace and stability.”
Odette Babandoa Etoa (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like to think that I had no other wealth besides my work. And I have a titanic ambition: all my life I have been the first. At boarding school, at my doctorate, always. Some people seek early satisfaction, and that's not right. You have to give first and then wait!”
Ana Aslan (1897–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ana Aslan: “Am avut o ambiție titanică”". Digi24. 10 May 2025.
“I held on to his guiding principle in business as to what is more important: Create wealth for the stakeholders, rather than keep on building a bigger empire.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some people assume that I feel superior because of my husband’s wealth. I don’t see myself as better than anyone else, and I reject any notion of superiority. It is wrong to treat other people na mataas ako sa iyo, mababa ka sa akin. (It is wrong to treat other people as lower in status than oneself.)”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Filipino Expat Magazine | October 12, 2025
“Material wealth is nothing. It can disappear. But if you have core values like core values of hard work, core values of determination, and core values of having a goal, they last forever.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philippine Chronicle | May 8, 2026
“Health, wealth, and time to spend it.”
Gloria Diaz (born 1951) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2025/04/02/2432767/gloria-diaz-still-speaks-her-mind
“How glad I am that you are the sky and the kaleidoscope, that you have so many artificial stars, that you shine so brightly in a monstrance, when you lift your hollow half-globe around the eyes under the air. How immeasurable in wealth you are, colander spoon!”
Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I, a singular teenage girl, am not responsible for the wealth disparity in the Philippines.”
Emman Atienza (2006–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eloquence may truly be considered in every country, where the freedom of speech is indulged, as synonimous with civic honours, wealth, dignity and might. In the last particular, its potency is that of a magician. It wields at will our fierce democracie.”
Joseph Dennie (1768–1812) first seen 1808 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Select Speeches" [Review of Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary (1808) by Nathaniel Chapman] in The Port Folio, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 1 (July 1809) p. 23. The phrase "fierce democracie" is quoted in Fitz-Greene H…
“Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as “wealth building” public policy.”
Cea Weaver first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter / X (August 21, 2019)
“(About the Mani pulite period) At that time, the connection between business and politics, however murky it may have been, did not contradict the fundamental objective of the business world, which is to produce wealth.”
Francesco Saverio Borrelli (1930–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leopardi argued that modern man no longer feels passion and emotion, that he spends his life in boredom. This state of mind, this fundamental insensitivity to difference, is accentuated today by the wealth of resources at our disposal, which multiply technical possibilities by pursuing quantity for its own sake.”
Aldo Masullo (1923–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I must atone for my wealth. I will reward the country of my adoption for the great benefits I have gathered.”
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Anonymous, The Mirrors of Wall Street (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933) p. 170 [Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1971]
“I take care of my health because it is my real wealth. As I try to maximize the opportunities being given to me, I also try to stay committed to staying healthy and encouraging other young adults to do the same.”
Kaila Estrada (born 1997) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mallorca, Hannah (August 4, 2025). "Kaila Estrada's health journey, career opportunities are a balancing act". INQUIRER.net.
“The situation is laughable: President Berlusconi, who works around the clock, is a man of great wealth, charm, and zest for life... He certainly doesn’t need anyone to bring him women.”
Niccolò Ghedini (1959–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not for the reflection that men who are competent to add to the in-tellectual wealth of the world, and enlarge the domain of knowledge, have learned to take popular applause at its true value, and to find in the faithful discharge of honorable duty a satisfaction which is its own reward.”
George Stillman Hillard (1808–1879) said by 1879 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source