Self-Enrichment Quotes

Mr. Ten Percent

In this country, politicians of desperate private fortunes always find the means of keeping themselves above water as public men.

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social mobility. It allowed me to enrich myself, to read, learn and understand.

Donald Trump is an archetypal grifter. Using the presidency to promote your golf courses, hotels, and real estate business is grifting. So is getting people to pay a premium for buildings with your name in big, gold letters. Licensing your name is what every grifter dreams about.

Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?

Ed Rogers is a career insider who has personally enriched himself off of what he decries.

For every amount the state collected [in taxes], the mandarin collectors took twice as much for themselves.

Words can fertilize space now and then; don't deny yourself becoming enriched.

I'm on a mission to help people grow and give. The more they grow the more they can give, the more life they build, the greater the quality of their life.

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development

If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich.

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.

A very important part of life is growth - I need to learn things every day.

…ruling elites in many liberal societies and especially the United States, where money and special interests have created a corrupt political class that is out-of-touch with ordinary people, interested mostly in enriching themselves, and immune to accountability.

I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

The Clintons engage routinely in corrupt practices, mixing their political power with their nonprofit work to make themselves rich, while not standing up for the little guy.

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

The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life!

Trump's foundation has done nothing. Its board is packed with relatives, and he's going to use his presidency to sell himself and his brand and profit personally for himself and his family.

The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.

With every year, I always try and learn something new and grow gracefully, and that's just kind of my rule for every year.

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.