Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

The time to save for the future is now. Thanks to compounding interest, the earlier you start putting money away for the future, the more you will save.

The key to making money is to stay invested.

Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.

I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

When I was a kid, I was big into saving up my money.

Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.

The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the more ability you have to hold money longer term.

Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.

Youth should be a savings bank.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Earning money is not a sin, and the bottom line is growth.

Go where the money is... and go there often.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have - by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

I have a problem with too much money. I can't reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer.

Far too many of my peers were taken in by the jet-setting rock star lifestyle and didn't realise the money might not last forever - but I have always had an eye on the future and invest in a syndicate to share risk.

I'm an economic human without any likes or dislikes!

I told myself after my football career was over that if I ever started making good money again, I would invest it wisely.

Albert Einstein is reported to have said compounding is the eighth wonder of the world. Obviously, a dollar invested in your 20s is worth so much more than a dollar invested in your 60s.