
He is the richest who is content with the least ~ Socrates
“Lack of money is the root of all evil.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“True abundance is not about gathering more things, it’s about touching the place in us that is connected to the divine source of abundance, so that we know what we need in the moment will be provided.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey
“It’s time we put thoughts of lack behind us. It’s time for us to discover the secrets of the stars, to sail to an uncharted land, to open up a new heaven where our spirits can soar.”
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
“It is good to have things that money can buy, but it is also good to check up once in awhile and be sure we have the things money can’t buy.” ~ George Horace Lorimer
“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can’t listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.” ~ Dale Carnegie
“It is wealth to be content.” ~ Lao-Tzu
“If you’re happy, you’re wealthy! Happiness doesn’t need a bank account.” ~ Sr. Mary Christelle Macaluso
“The only question with wealth is what you do with it.” ~ John D. Rockefeller
“The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.” ~ Saint John Chrysostom
“Having given all he had, he then is very rich indeed.” ~ Lao-Tzu
“If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.” ~ Robert Collier
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” ~Michael Leboeuf
“Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it’s greedy or loving.” ~Dan Millman
“It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.” ~ Albert Camus
“They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.” ~Kahlil Gibran
“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
“Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.” ~ Seneca
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.” ~Seneca
“To attract money, you must focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into your life when you are noticing you do not have enough, because that means you are thinking thoughts that you do not have enough.” ~ Rhonda Byrne
“Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.” ~ George Clason
“The real source of wealth and capital in this new era is not material things… it is the human mind, the human spirit, the human imagination, and our faith in the future.”
~ Steve Forbes
“Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.” ~ Og Mandino
“Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
“Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” ~Wayne Dyer
“He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.” ~ Deepak Chopra
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” ~John Petit-Senn
“Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.” ~ William A. Ward
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ~ Jim Rohn
“He does not posses wealth that allows it to possess him.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” ~ Henry Ford
“The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting.”~ Christopher Morley
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” ~ Colin Powell
“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ~ Michel de Montaigne
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. ~ Laertius Diogenes
“To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth. ~ Richard Baker
“Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears. ~ Brian Tracy
“Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. ~ Og Mandino
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill
“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that “advantage” human life.” ~ Buckminster Fuller
“Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another.” ~ Richard Bach
“You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy.” Garth Brooks
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein
“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” Erich Fromm
“He is the richest who is content with the least.” ~ Socrates
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~ Michael Althsuler
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” ~ Seneca
“It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

3 Comments
Marj, fanfreakingtastic! I love quotes and I love these. That RFK quote is one of my favorites! Stumbled.
Thanks, Stephen. I’m glad you love it. My fave is Eckhart Tolle’s. And I really appreciate the Stumble!
Did someone mention “Stumble”?
Hey Stephen, good to see back. I must admit, I kind of expected you to reply to this post as you’re one of the most prolific quoters that I know
You already know that though from my #followfriday’s, which reminds me that I still have to do mine for this week!