Jung Chang Quotes

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.

Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.

The poor get bored the same as the rest of us. Their happiness might be as important to them as their health.

Our goal is to upgrade the life of China's middle class. We all want to live better.

Richer people tend to be happier than poor people, and people in poor countries tend to be less happy than people in rich countries.

The health of a nation is not just about its consumption expenditures …. one of the things that makes America such a great nation, and why so many people aspire to this American ideal of middle-class security, is that it's about more than that. It's about more than how much you can purchase with the dollar. It's about this feeling of security and about being able to give your kids a better life than you had. And that is really the foundation—one of the major founding principles of our country

This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. “Made-in-China” goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can’t manufacture the happiness of our people.

Life is better when people are working, happy, and spending money.

I am a happier person living in a country which has surplus of everything rather than shortages.

Our health underpins our happiness and is a foundation of economic advancement.

Economics spreads happiness.

Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction, so maybe you do find it in life satisfaction. You don't find it in mood, and I think it is very important.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Money can't buy happiness.

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now.

Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.

While prosperity is in some ways related to money, it is not caused by money.

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.'