#wealth

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#been #behave #democratic #fair #focus

I want my children to appreciate prosperity, so on their birthdays they bathe with their weight in gold. When they get out of the tub, I check the displacement level and mark their growth rate. ↗

— Bauvard

#growth #humor #wealth #funny

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#give #neither #nor #occupation #splendor

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#definitely #dynamic #economy #favour #i

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#courage #either #endeavors #fails #his

I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#comprise #comprises #east #east coast #elitist

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#country #forward #future #great #i

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth. ↗

— David Korten

#money #wealth

Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy. ↗

— Jerry Rubin

#our #our time #reformers #social #some

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

#eternal #fame #fleeting #fragile #glorious