You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.
I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.
I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.
I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.