Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.

I hope when I’m dead I’ll be considered an icon, though.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don’t know at all can just be like, ‚Oh my God – are you Billie?‘

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

When I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

Only the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system out of it.

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

It confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Some of these Ivy League kids want to have it both ways. They want to be baby members of the 1 percent, which they most certainly are, and yet still portray themselves as the oppressed.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It’s just funny. And wonderful.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

I always like to create things that get attention. It used to be a problem when I wasn’t famous. Now, I can do whatever I want and people have to accept it.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‚Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.‘

There’s Madeleine, and then there’s ‚Madeleine Albright‘. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become ‚Madeleine Albright‘ it doesn’t go away.