Ben Kingsley Quotes

I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty.

I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure.

I've been able to help my family financially since making my first hit record. I bought my parents a house. My husband and I have a property in Portugal and one in Mumbles, Wales, and my family are always coming out to visit us. It has been fantastic to have such a successful career and to have been able to help everyone.

I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.

I'm blessed to have these billions of dollars.

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs.

Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My children, two boys, have more money than they will ever need, and they aren't empire builders.

No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.

I come from a really poor family, and when I started doing campaigns, it changed everything for my family. I am not complaining; I had a beautiful childhood - we didn't have a lot of money, but there was always food on the table, and my parents saved money so that in the holidays we would all get in the car and drive to the mountains.

My giving is discretionary, but keeping the business going is not.

I live very well, but I support a lot of relatives.

In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.

After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.

I come from a background where money has never been an issue.

I'm fortunate enough not to be poor, and I'm not a bad tipper.