Money is 80% behavior, 20% head knowledge. It's what you do, not what you know.
Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.
I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie.
Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the most evident power in the world's uses, so the use that he makes of money is often all that the world knows about a man.
The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
What I do see in New York and I am amazed is how many rich women will complain about the cost of something and get things for free.I would never want to be like them, but I can see why they save money.
One of the reasons people aren't rich is because almost everyone has more excuses than money.
People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
Is the Jewish race thriftier than the Arab race?
Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor.
If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you.
our right or wrong use of money is the utmost test of character, as well as the root of happiness or misery, throughout our whole lives.
People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, if at all, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often.
Your credit score takes into account years of information in most cases. It's not going to improve in a day. But it may improve more quickly than you think. Generally, the last 24 months carry the most weight, so if you can keep clean for that long, you'll see a boost.
I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant and spending all my money: and what is worse for you, I have been spending yours too.
When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living.
How do rich people think and act?
My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.
It's insane how many Roman coins are being found! It's as if all Romans had holes in their pockets. They sowed coins wherever they went. Even in the fields. Maybe to grow money . . .
The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.
Your priorities, passions, goals, and fears are shown clearly in the flow of your money.
