James Stephens Quotes

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

I've been blessed with everything I have, and I might as well share it.

I'm not greedy at all. Sometimes I pinch myself because of what I've got.

Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

I'm blessed to have these billions of dollars.

After the first million, money isn't important.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

Give a portion of your money to others. By releasing an anxious grasp on your money, you will open yourself to receive all that is meant to be yours.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing.

Spiritual people should not be ashamed of being wealthy.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country.