George MacDonald Quotes

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.

I wanted to be successful. I definitely didn't want to be poor.

I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.

The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

We're all put on this earth to walk in His image, the Master.

Wealth is a thing, earned with honesty and justice. Its opposite is the Mammon of unrighteousness.

I don't know if money is something to really celebrate.

God must trust some with money and fame because there are people He wants to reach.

I'm going to do what God wants me to do.

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

Don't become a philosopher before you become rich.

One of the reasons that millionaires are economically successful is that they think differently.

Many things can make you rich, but only a few things can enrich you.

That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?

Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!

Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.

If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand, They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.

If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life is more than being shrewd in wealth accumulation.

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.

The two roads that lead to poverty and riches travel in opposite directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads to poverty. (The word riches is here used in its broadest sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental, and material estates).