"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
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"The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings"
"There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself."
"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."
"Expect the best, Prepare for the worst."
"The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown."
"Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is meat that pollutes the waters. It is meat that is creating disease which leads to all our money being diverted to hospitals. So, it's the first choice for anybody who wants to save the Earth."
"Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger biscuits."
"Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense."
"Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets."
"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."
"All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones."
"Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more."
"First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end."
"Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame."
"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."
"When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous."
"The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible."
"As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them."
"The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary."