Quotes about wealth

It’s a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped America of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities.

Donald Trump

Wealthy people get special insider deals, and if you and I lived in a country where the tax system was so blatantly illegitimate-where nothing seemed fair, and where our voices weren’t heard, and where the rules changed from one day to the next-we wouldn’t pay our taxes either.

Malcolm Gladwell

The wealthy curled darlings of our nation.

William Shakespeare

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Socrates

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as love awakens them

Plato

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don’t even have to like your music. If you’re big enough, people are drawn to you.

Jay-Z

Men are now proud of belonging to a conquering nation, and without a murmur they lay down their persons and their wealth, if by so doing they may fend off subjection.

William James

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful

Coco Chanel

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Socrates