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Wealth creation is inherent in God's plan
Archbishop of Canterbury (2001)
Wealth is too important to be treated as merely or primarily an occasion for sin. It is the root of human existence and social intercourse. And therefore, above all, our theological approach to its creation should be radically positive.
Jack Mahoney, Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.
Dr. Muhammad Yunus (1940-) Bangladeshi banker and economist
Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment—‘Thou shalt not covet’—recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but love of money for its own sake. The spiritual dimension comes in deciding what one does with the wealth. How could we respond to the many calls for help, or invest for the future, or support the wonderful artists or craftsmen whose work also glorifies God, unless we had first worked hard and used our talents to create the necessary wealth?
Margaret Thatcher (1925-), British Prime Minister
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.
Maimonides (1135-1204) Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), American playwright and novelist
Every person who gets rich by creation opens a way for thousands to follow – and inspires them to do so.
Wallace D Wattles (1860-1911) American author and pioneer success writer
Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
Sir John Templeton (1912-), American, businessman, stock investor and philanthropist.
Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.
Robert Allen, American financial writer
Study well what the billionaire does. It may make you a millionaire.
John Emmerling, American author, innovational speaker and visual facilitator
That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the USA
If our thinking is right, our motives pure, and our conscious clear, then the building of wealth becomes a joyful, and destiny-achieving endeavor
Phil Baker, Australian Pastor, author and leading speaker on personal development and business principles
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can
John Wesley (1703-91), English evangelist and founder of Methodism
People who never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do.
Albert Hubbard
Investing is simple, but not easy.
Warren Buffett (1930-), American investor, businessman and philanthropist
The real source of wealth and capital in this new era is not material things.. it is the human mind, the human spirit, the human imagination, and our faith in the future.
Steve Forbes (1947-), American Publisher
Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.
Jim Rohn, Author, Business Coach & Motivational Speaker
Empty Pockets never held anyone back. It’s only empty heads and empty hearts that do.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), American Christian preacher and author
Markets are to be used, but not to be trusted. Christians must impose their values, sometimes against the flow of market forces, for the good of society. Or else markets will impose their value-free world on us, and render us value-free, in doing so.
Clifford Longley, British Journalist
I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life.. it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
Walt Disney, (1901–1966) American film producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
Oprah Winfrey, Talk show host and business woman
Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.
Michael Dell, (1965-) founder and CEO of Dell, Inc.
I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it’s not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.
Philip Green
Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us.
Wayne Huizenga, (1937-) American businessman
I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy.
Wayne Huizenga, (1937-) American businessman
In business, you’re trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it’s a lot different, because the bottom line isn’t how you can make more money or get a better return, it’s helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.
Lee Iacocca (1924), American industrialist
Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are really part of a very big advertising program, and the fact that they make so much money is because the markets have dictated that they get that money, and the fact that they endorse our products allows us to sell more products and create more jobs.
Philip Knight
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.
Robert Kiyosaki (1947-) investor, businessman, self-help, motivational speaker and best-selling author
Money is human kind's greatest invention. Money doesn't discriminate. Money doesn't care whether a person is poor, whether a person comes from a good family, or what his skin color is. Anybody can make money.
Takafumi Horie
Releasing the entrepreneurial talent among God’s people is the greatest task facing the church today.
Bill Bolton, International consultant in Entrepreneurialism and Enterprise, Lay Reader
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