Socrates Quotes
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.
Quotes to Explore
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
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Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.
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A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.'
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.
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That the powers of labour, and of the other instruments which produce wealth, may be indefinitely increased by using their products as the means of further production.
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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I made the decision when I came to Seagram that it had to be OK that my public persona would be bad. It's the downside of a family business: anything good is because I'm somebody's son; otherwise, I'm a schmuck.
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I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
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A vote of confidence from Cisco Systems can be very important to fledging technology companies, especially if they have initial public offerings on the horizon.
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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You cannot force the Now. - But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.
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Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.
