Quotes from James Altucher

Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. One hundred years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.

How great is it to just rest and be happy and not move when you don't have to.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.

My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom's side who snuck in in a suitcase.

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

I saw 'Star Wars' when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.

Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.

The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again.

Don't do something just for the money. Money is a side effect of persistence. You persist in things you are interested in. Explore your interests. Then persist. Then enjoy all the side effects.

The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.

Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of it. It's just scratching an itch.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

We're taught at an early age that we're not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to be…what? Blessed? Rich? Certified? Legitimized? Educated? Partnership material?

Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It's not who we are.

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

If you spend a lot of energy on things that are wastes of time, then you waste energy, get sick, and die faster.

I always imagine a good leader is surrounded by people who call their mothers at the end of the day and tell them, 'Mom, you can't believe what I did today. Let me tell you about it.'

The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself.

Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.

Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.