A Quote by Thomas J. Stanley

Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.

Thomas J. Stanley

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Thomas J. Stanley
American - Writer
1944 - 2015

Most people have it all wrong about wealth in America. Wealth is not the same as income. If you make a good income each year and spend it all, you are not getting wealthier. You are just living high. Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.

Thomas J. Stanley

Life is good to those who know how to live. I do not ever hope to accumulate great funds of worldly wealth, but I shall accumulate something far more valuable, a store of wonderful memories. When I reach the twilight of life I shall look back and say I'm glad I lived as I did, life has been good to me.

Sigurd F. Olson

You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.

Brian Mulroney

We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth while millions are hungry and dying. We are committed to living simply and sharing our time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.

Nhat Hanh

It’s easier to accumulate wealth if you don’t live in a high-status neighborhood.

Thomas J. Stanley

the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.

Anita Roddick

People, you see... are ruthless and foolish. When they're young, in order to have money and power, they give up everything like health and youth. And when they get sick, become old, and have all the money and power... in order to find their health and youth again, they spend all of the wealth they've wasted so much energy and time to accumulate.

Jae Hee

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.

Mahatma Gandhi

My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.

Edmund Phelps

Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.

Mahavira

In solitude, you accumulate energy to spend in crowds; and in crowds, you accumulate energy to spend in solitude!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It was so atrocious and so high that actually nobody could accumulate money in an honest way. I removed that tax, and the result was that Indian companies for the first time acquired an incentive to grow big, to grow rich.

Manmohan Singh

The earlier you start, the easier it is to accumulate major wealth. Still, it's never really too late to begin.

David Bach

To accumulate wealth, power or land beyond one's needs in a limited world is to be truly immoral, be it as an individual, an institution, or a nation-state.

Bill Mollison

Success is not only the financial wealth you accumulate, it is also about being a leader, improving your relationships, living healthfully, and making a real difference in the world.