- 1 Nephi 2:4…Lehi left the things of the world to obey the Lord
- 4 Nephi 1: 43…Richness can cause pride
- Alma 62: 49-50…Attitude you need when rich
- Alma 39: 14…Can’t carry Riches with you in the next life
- Jacob 2: 18-19…Look for riches for the benefit of others (1st look for God, the riches)
- 1 Kings 3: 11-13…Solomon chose wisdom instead of riches, so he was blessed with riches!
- Mark 10: 17-27…Richness can impede people to enter kingdom of God
- Jacob 2: 17-19…When you have $, consider your brethren
- 2 Nephi 28:13… They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are puffed up.
- “If you want to know how God feels about money, look who He chooses to make rich.” Yiddish Proverb. Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 48
- “There is no denying that money bestows great power upon those who possess it. But there is a limit to what money can actually provide. Money will buy a luxurious bed, but it cannot guarantee a good night’s sleep. It can buy a magnificent library, but not brains, nor the discipline to educate yourself; gourmet food but not healthy appetite. Money can buy designer clothing and jewelry, but not true beauty. It can purchase a house, but never a home; a state-of-the-art medicine but not health; luxuries but not culture or taste temporary amusements but not lasting happiness; religion but not salvation. Money, in fact, can buy a ticket to just about everywhere but heaven.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 49
- “Earlier we cited a statistic from the Boston College of Social Welfare, which estimated that over the next four decades some forty-one trillion dollars will be transferred from one generation to the next. Paul Schervish, one of the authors of the study, estimates that as much as six trillion dollars of that transfer might be devoted to philanthropic purposes. Schervish also says there has been a fundamental shift in the motivation for giving. ‘The rich used to give money only when they were scolded into it,’ he says. ‘Now they are increasingly giving out of a sense of doing something they want to do, that meets the needs of others, that they can do better than commercial interests, government or existing philanthropy. They can express gratitude for their wealth, and their identification with others less fortunate, and that makes them happy.’” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 148 -149
- “I have been a long advocate of “you don’t have to be rich to be a philanthropist.” But I have come to believe you do have to be rich, but not in the way it is conventionally understood.” NCFP, The Value of Family in Philanthropy
- “As my father wrote years ago, “To be really rich is to be rich in achievement, rich in experience, and rich in friendship.” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 11