Samuel Johnson Quotes

The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.

Acquire Riches by Industry and Frugality.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two works, industry and frugality.

Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigalityand misconduct. By what a frugal man annually saves he not onlyaffords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands?but?he establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.

America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.

Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly. . . .

There are lots of things about millionaires that make them pretty ordinary, but what's not ordinary is their ability to accumulate wealth, how hard they work, and what they do for a living.

The greatness of the British nation is not owing to war and conquests, to enlarging its dominions by the sword, or subjecting the people of other countries to our power; but it is allowing to trade, to the increase of our commerce at home, and the extending it abroad.

You can’t beat this prosperity thing.

For centuries our wealth has come from our ambition, entrepreneurial skills and global reach.

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.

Industry is the enemy of melancholy

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.

Our GDP growth rates are creating - our high GDP growth rates, the success of our economy means we're creating lots of disposable income.

There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working.

You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But you can very easily destroy prosperity by law.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

I'm careful with money.