Financial Pride Quotes

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

I'm always asked how my husband is feeling about my success with a note of concern. He feels great. It's not hard to feel good about your spouse making money.

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.

Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.

I have a huge house surrounded by luxury but I've earned it.

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.

I love money because I've earned it.

It's human nature when you first make your big fortune to want to show off a bit. I don't begrudge that whatsoever.

Now everyone is prouder and poorer

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their money, not merely for its uses, like other persons, but because it is their own production. This makes them moreover disagreeable companions, because they will praise nothing but riches.