To suggest that we can't pay our debts - that's absolutely not true.
You wanna blow money? Put it in a 'blow' category in your budget. But at least admit it on paper!
A dollar approaches honesty as its purchasing power approaches stability.
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?
No man can make a million dollars honestly.
I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.
You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
Most people aren't honest with themselves about money.
Money is a terrible blab; she will betray the secrets of her owner, whatever he do to gag her. His virtues will creep out in her whisper; his vices she will cry aloud at the top of her tongue.
For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas
Hiding spending does not reduce spending.
One thing I want to make clear: You never want to hide from your debts. It doesn't work.
You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.
If a person lies to you about what's in their bank account, they'll lie to you about other things as well.
Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.
Don't tell me what delusion he entertains regarding God, or what mountebank he follows in politics, or what he springs from, or what he submits to from his wife. Simply tell me how he makes his living. It is the safest and surest of all known tests. A man who gets his board and lodging on this ball in an ignominious way is inevitably an ignominious man.
I am proud of the fact that my wealth is completely transparent.
Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was.
I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.
I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.
It wasn't until I stood in my truth and told everybody that I had $250,000 in credit card debt. At that point, everything turned around for me. I had to reveal the truth about what I didn't have, more than pretend about what I did. That was interesting.
Choosing wealth as a goal requires facing everything about your money bravely, honestly, with courage -- which is a very, very hard thing for most of us to do.
