Financial Awareness Quotes

I'm confident in my abilities and confident to know what kind of player I am. I've also been educated on the business side of it, getting your value.

It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth. A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out. When you consciously open, read, and file away your bills and statements, you are connecting with your money and taking control of your life.

We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.

Today, there's no excuse for not learning how to get our financial houses in order. Some of us close our eyes, take a deep breath and say a prayer when it comes to managing our finances.

Most people never get wealthy simply because they are not trained financially to recognize opportunities right in front of them. The rich have learned to recognize opportunities as well as how to create them

I'll go through the budgets for tours and recordings, royalty statements... You have to wise up about it a bit more.

Those who never think of money need a great deal of it.

Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Honest truth is I didn't really know from year to year what people were making. I think that was the best perspective to have.

Earning money has a way of increasing financial intelligence quickly.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

As a child, as far as I was concerned, my dad had an amazing job, and we had all the money we needed. My life was so fun and carefree that I didn't realize at all that we weren't rich - until I met someone rich. Still, I've never met a rich kid who grew up as happy as I did.

I'm really not good with money, and I don't pay attention.

If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!

In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right-thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond.

Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers.