With respect to the first of these obstacles it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists that they confine their attention to Wealth and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

We hear of the wealth of nations of the powers of production of the demand and supply of markets and we forget that these words mean no more if they mean any thing then the happiness and the labor and the necessities of men.

Character is power it makes friends draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth honor and happiness.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity power and influence of nations.

I love my family and I had a very wonderful magical childhood. But New Jersey was actually a very cold place. There was such an intense concentration of wealth and such a low concentration of any actual human happiness.

History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth more industry more happiness more human enlightenment than from any other way.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede in general from real happiness in proportion as their stores increase as the moon when she is fullest is farthest from the sun.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.

Wealth like happiness is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.

It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

For there is no defense for a man who in the excess of his wealth has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Police and firefighters are great but they don't create wealth. They protect it. That's crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they don't create the wealth themselves.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance your prayers your sacrifice and he most humbly asks this of you.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few but we can't have both.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it because they have no imagination.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth great return great satisfaction great reputation and great joy.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

My father who was from a wealthy family and highly educated a lawyer Yale and Columbia walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother a seventh grade graduate who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.