The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Marcus Aurelius
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” –Marcus Aurelius...
FRANCINE JAY The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth, you have given away
MARCUS AURELIUS the true honour of things; we become alternately merchants and merchandise, and we ask, not what a t...
FRANCINE JAY Material wealth do not last forever, but that which probably lasts forever is the wealth of intellig...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
UNKNOWN Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.
LUCY PARSONS When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we'r...
BARBARA SHER When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth ...
BARBARA SHER Money and mansions are not the only wealth. Hoard the wealth of the Spirit. Character is wealth; goo...
ATHARVA VEDA When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Wealth is violent and uneasy to acquire, don't blow yourself by rushing. You won't find, you will on...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.
LUCIAN Wealth is not a sign of dignity, dear Jonah. Only those who put faith above wealth are worthy of thi...
VIKTOR SHEL A poor soul burdened with a corpse,' Epictetus calls you.
MARCUS AURELIUS The wealth in wisdom far outweighs any amount of monetary wealth. You can only be robbed of one.
FATHOM When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away...
SUNDAY ADELAJA The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you have given away.
MARCIA MOORE The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you
have given away.
MARCIA MOORE The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Almost everyone wants to acquire wealth in life, but if tell you the residence of wealth,you will ru...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I just coached a man who thought he had no wealth. I asked him to write down 50 things to be gratefu...
ANIL GUPTA The holiness of God makes Him the possessor of all earthly wealth, which belongs to Him forever
SUNDAY ADELAJA The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.
SUNDAY ADELAJA A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius
ELISABETH ELLIOT The only wealth every human comes to the earth with is the wealth of time.
SUNDAY ADELAJA If there is an essence to this wordly life, then it is the basis of honesty [morality]. If you have ...
DADA BHAGWAN You will not suddenly develop wealth consciousness if and when you become
"wealthy". It's the other ...
RICHARD CARLSON If you can accumulate wealth without the peoples input,then relocate to planet mars & experiment.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The only wealth is life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentiv...
THOMAS PETERFFY If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to ...
EDWIN MARKHAM No matter the wealth you have accumulated or whatever you own, there will always be something lackin...
SUNDAY ADELAJA When you are outraged by somebody’s impudence, ask yourself at once, “Can the world exist withou...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONIUS You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant....
MARCUS AURELIUS Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
--ALFRED MARSHALL Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
ALFRED MARSHALL Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth
ALFRED MARSHALL Wealth is when you have a lot of something you love.
VIKRANT PARSAI As long as the shackles of wealth and property bind us, we will remain accursed forever and never at...
MUNSHI PREMCHAND Contentment is the only real wealth.
ALFRED NOBEL By enriching the lives of others you will find your wealth.
LORIANN ZEMANOVICH The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time. There is nothing more precious than the weal...
SUNDAY ADELAJA The only wealth I have to give, is not material - and if you need much more than that, I'm not avail...
LAURYN HILL How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
MARCUS AURELIUS It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
THOMAS JEFFERSON The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevent...
RUSSELL GREEN The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevent...
SHECKY GREENE People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.
MOBY Gathering the wealth of Maya, you earn an evil reputation. Those whom you work to please shall pass ...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.
AXEL MUNTHE I don't care about wealth. What seems to be upsetting is institutionalizing the advantages that ...
JON STEWART ... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.
DAISY GOODWIN Travel experiences are a form of wealth that can never be taken away from you.
LORRIN L. LEE Addie brings with her a wealth of development experience which will prove invaluable. I look forward...
GRETCHEN DYKSTRA The government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and man...
BILL MURRAY Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . co...
SOCRATES I believe that the true definition of wealth is loving what you have rather than what you don’t ha...
CELSO CUKIERKORN You will be remembered by your deeds and not your wealth.
ROHAN SINGH NEGI Only when that time is converted can you produce something from it. You can only make wealth from a ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA God will reveal the secrets of how to acquire wealth to His children and He will teach them how to w...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Many of these people may have separated before the divorce became official, which would help explain...
JAY ZAGORSKY You may try to destroy all the wealth and find that all you have done is increase poverty.
WINSTON CHURCHILL If you look back 600 years ago, royals' sole goal was to keep their wealth within the family.
PETER DIAMANDIS Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is w...
OSCAR WILDE The true nature of all wealth is temporary; those who have wealth must here and now do good deeds th...
THIRUVALLUVAR A wealth of experience and wisdom doesn't have to be a dead giveaway to your increasing years. The s...
JAYLEIGH CAPE There are two goddesses in your heard. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thi...
JOE VIGIL With every challenge you face, there is an opportunity hidden that will lead you towards the path of...
STEPHEN RICHARDS Many of these people may have separated before the divorce became official, which would help explain...
JAY ZAGORSKY I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation...
AZIM PREMJI You will get your father's wealth one day but not his legacy.
AMIT KALANTRI Seek first the ability to defer gratification & wealth shall forever abide in your house.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Idea is the principal foundation upon which great wealth is built.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether yo...
C. JOYBELL C. Only that which is attained through effortlessness will never be a burden to you, and only that whic...
BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time.
SUNDAY ADELAJA In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the...
PETER THIEL Be patient as if you have forever, which truly you have, but diligent as if you only have today whic...
TONY BRADY I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth go...
BILL GATES If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do mu...
DANIEL A. D'ANIELLO The wealth of time is greater than the wealth of money
SUNDAY ADELAJA Since I came an adult - for more than 45 years - Marcus Aurelius has been my great idol.
HELMUT SCHMIDT I think, with Obama and the progressives, you've seen a massive expansion of big government, and...
DINESH D'SOUZA Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.
CHRISTOPHER PIKE The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you&...
T. HARV EKER And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and
sold,
The wealth of nations is m...
RICHARD HOVEY Health is your wealth or is it making you poor?
RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron...
YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe...
YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More...
HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes...
HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f...
HARRY YOU Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
OPRAH WINFREY Wealth—great wealth—is a curse . . . unless you are devoted to the money-making game for its ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN True Wealth is not how much money you have or what you control it can be misleading, as to the chara...
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra an...
KAREN DUFFY People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get...
JACKIE COLLINS Share your love, share you happiness, care for others; your wealth will be endless.
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MARCUS AURELIUS Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee
MARCUS AURELIUS The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere
MARCUS AURELIUS Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear
MARCUS AURELIUS If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing
MARCUS AURELIUS I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Your face is black, your hair like flame, And one eye's damaged, one foot lame: If, still, you're qu...
MARCUS AURELIUS You ask me, Linus what my field out at Nomentum is to yield? Well this it yields to me: the view, my...
MARCUS AURELIUS To yield to the stronger is valor's second prize
MARCUS AURELIUS The height of farce it is, I ween, To be so perfumed and anointed, And when one's appetite's most ke...
MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
MARCUS AURELIUS Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dy...
MARCUS AURELIUS There is no glory in outstripping donkeys
MARCUS AURELIUS Why do you wrap up your neck in a woolen muffler when you are going to recite? The muffler would be ...
MARCUS AURELIUS I could do without your face, Chloe, and without your neck, and your hands, and your limbs, and to s...
MARCUS AURELIUS