Quotes About Money

The love of money, not money, is root of all evil.

Remember, whether you are fourteen or fifty-four, a budget represents intentional living.

Obtener una tarjeta de crédito para su adolescente es un excelente modo de enseñarle a ser financieramente irresponsable. Por eso los adolescentes son ahora el blanco número uno de las compañías de tarjetas de crédito.

Parents, you need to understand something: someone is going to teach your kids about money. It will either be you, or it will be a shady car dealer, a credit card pusher on your child's first day at college, a get-rich-quick infomercial pitchman, or just some clown who's after their money. If you want to protect your kids, you need to send them out into the world with some knowledge.

If you're not intentional about growing your kids' characters and ability to handle money, you can work your whole life to build wealth only to have it end up ruining them.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" (emphasis added). It's not about money; it's about our attitude. God doesn't like it when we worship anything other than Him. He's a jealous God, and if our love of money (or family, or career, or hobbies, or . . . you fill in the blank) gets in the way of our relationship with Him, then we have a problem. He doesn't like that.

People with the spirit of pride believe that money only comes from hard work and force of will. These are performance-based individuals who believe their wealth (and maybe even their spiritual growth) is 100 percent tied to their effort.

Poverty thinking is always focused on other people's money, and it often gets obsessively focused on an unbiblical notion of equality (which we'll discuss in more detail in the next chapter). If there are two people in a room, one rich and one broke, then a modern-day Robin Hood should come in, take the rich person's money, and give it to the broke person. The fact that Robin Hood was a thief isn't important.

You can see that I've heard all the excuses and complaints, but here's the deal: budgeting is crucial to your success. Your income is your responsibility. If you get to retirement with a mountain of debt and nothing to live on, it's no one else's fault. But beyond the obvious financial benefits to taking control of your money, there are a ton of other reasons to pull out the budget forms every month.

Foundations in Personal Finance.

A budget is people telling their money where to go instead of wondering where it went." You

Un presupuesto es cuando la gente dice a su dinero dónde ir, en lugar de averiguar adónde fue».

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.

Winning at money is 80 percent behavior and 20 percent head knowledge. What to do isn't the problem; doing it is. Most of us know what to do, but we just don't do it. If I can control the guy in the mirror, I can be skinny and rich.

A budget is people telling their money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

Someone who never has fun with money misses the point. Someone who never invests money will never have any. Someone who never gives is a monkey with his hand in a bottle.

We try to apply the academic rigor in finance to the practical application of managing money within our strategies.

Again, that didn't matter much to Eduardo. A substantial number of his customers were in that same business, which suited him fine, since that meant they could afford the ridiculous prices he had to charge just to stay afloat. He had seen more than a few of them having private conversations with John the gringo, and though he hadn't seen money change hands, he knew without a

what determines your wealth is not how much you make but how much you keep of what you make.

In fact, what determines your wealth is not how much you make but how much you keep of what you make.

If the way we handle our money conflicts with our personal values, we are not going to wind up living happy and fulfilled lives.

The fact is, none of us really has a choice: We are all playing the money game whether we want to or not. The only question is: Are we winning?

It's not what you know about money—it's what you don't know that can wipe you out.