Diogenes
Philosopher
"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face."
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Riches
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Martin Luther
Theologian
"Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!"
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance."
Jim Rohn
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans."
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"The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly."
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"Every human being I have ever met, irrespective of the business, the job or life situation they are in, possesses at least one and normally multiple instant jackpots that are within their grasp. All they have to do is recognize them, believe that they are there, and believe that they are entitled to harvest them and the financial and the personal wealth and riches that come along with them."
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"...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself."
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"I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point."
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"Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority."
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"If riches increase, set not your hearts upon them: so if friends increase, set not your hearts upon them, but trust in the living God, let it be the living God that you rest on even for all outward things in this world."
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"This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners; for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not ours but Christ's, and Christ's righteousness is not Christ's but ours."
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"Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master."
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"I demand riches in definite terms; I have a definite plan for acquiring riches;I am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand."
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"Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God."
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"The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality."
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"It is better to live rich than to die rich."
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"I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty."
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"Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness."
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"Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live."
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"Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own."
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"Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty."
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"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."
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"The more stitches, the less riches."
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"Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself."
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