Quotes about Wealth, page 3

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

Quote by Jane Austen about wealth

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

Quote by Princess Diana about wealth

If Don Giovanni does not possess low notes rich enough, then the balance is broken, and, as a consequence, all the work that preceded falls to pieces.

Quote by Placido Domingo about wealth

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

Quote by Placido Domingo about wealth

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about wealth

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about wealth

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

Quote by Glenn Close about wealth

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.

Quote by Jackie Collins about wealth

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Quote by Jackie Collins about wealth

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth

Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth

Stockhausen was a great guy, very rich in terms of musical imagination, all the different aspects of sound creation rolled into one extraordinary intuition. With a strict intention to be serial, but serial in an explosive way.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about wealth

When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, you're ready to feel shocked and some degree of shame, coming in as a rich westerner.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about wealth

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Quote by Henry Ford about wealth

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about wealth