Religious Quotes : Wealth

Wisdom and self-mastery are true wealth. Material possessions are not real wealth, for they can be taken away from a man. Real wealth is everlasting.
BUDDHISM

Moth and rust will corrupt earthly treasures. Therefore, real treasures are heavenly, where nothing can destroy them. One's heart will be with one's treasures. Therefore, turn from mammon to God. Do not count the wealth of this world as valuable. The only true value lies in spiritual wealth.
CHRISTIANITY

Prosperity comes from Heaven. Wealth gained by
unrighteousness will not last. The only true
wealth is that which comes through right acting.
Too often riches are accompanied by pride and
other evils.
CONFUCIANISM

One should work constantly and seek after wealth. But, if one gains wealth, one should share it with those in need. Beware lest wealth shut the door on the good life. Riches are but means to doing good and should not become the goal of life.
HINDUISM

Wealth should be employed at all times for the
things of the Lord. He who wastes his wealth in
evil actions is condemned. Wealth must not be
allowed to turn one from service to God.
ISLAM

Wealth is fleeting and will never completely
satisfy anyone. To put faith in wealth is to be a
fool, for it will cause pain both in this world and in the next.
JAINISM

Trust not in wealth. It is fleeting and may be the
cause of much evil and suffering. The poverty of a
good man is more to be prized than the wealth of
the evil man. If one has wealth, one should use it
for good and not for evil
JUDAISM

In prosperity many come and surround a man When fortune frowns at him, all abandon him and
nobody comes near.
Of what use is wealth, amassed by wrongful means?
SIKHISM

One's person is of more value than all one's
wealth. Therefore, one with wealth must beware
lest one sacrifice oneself for his wealth. Riches
acquired unjustly will become poison to the soul.
TAOISM

Prosperity and wealth are the rewards of right
living and come from the Wise Lord. Thus, wealth
must be employed in the service of the Lord.
ZOROASTRIANISM

The essence of wealth is love for Me; whoso loveth
Me is the possessor of all things, and he that
loveth Me not is indeed of the poor and needy.
This is that which the Finger of Glory and Splendour hath revealed.
BAHA'I