Wealth Responsibility Quotes

Those fortunate to achieve great wealth should put it to work for the good of humanity.

Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources.

We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.

Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.

Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.

I believe that people of substantial wealth potentially create problems for future generations unless they themselves accept responsibility to use their wealth during their lifetime to help worthwhile causes.

I was not only a billionaire but the richest man in Turkey. It's a great feeling, but your responsibilities increase.

Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.

If you have the good fortune of having money, it's almost an obligation to think creatively of ways of helping other people. But it shouldn't be in a haphazard way. You need a structure, a formula, so you don't give to everything.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.

The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.

With wealth comes responsibility.

I have incredible wealth, and I think there's a great responsibility to use this position to do good stuff.