G.K. Chesterton Quotes

5 quotes from G.K. Chesterton on investing and motivation.

On investing

Father Brown got to his feet, putting his hands behind him. 'Odd, isn't it, ' he said, 'that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?
Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.