#riches

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#ambition #cannot #cured #exalted #favour

I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#await #certainty #every #experience #feel

Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#country #god #granted #kosovo #lot

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. ↗

— John Ruskin

#fact #meaning #records #richest #story

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#desired #efforts #gain #his #man

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#almost #always #consisting #cost #false

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#gain #guided #happiness #ignorance #imperfect

Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#attending #blessings #certain #continue #diligently

I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#because #been #believe #doing #enjoyed

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#did #everything #family #gets #gods