Sometimes, you just need a little inspiration and motivation! The easiest way to succeed is to find someone who already has succeeded and use them as a mentor. Here are some of my favorite quotes about money from some of my favorite mentors.
1. “Never spend your money before you have earned it.” —Thomas Jefferson
2. The Best Way To Get Started Is To Quit Talking And Begin Doing. – Walt Disney
3. A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned” ― Benjamin Franklin
4. “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.”
Jonathan Swift
5. It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for. —Robert Kiyosaki
6. Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Jim Rohn
7. Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today. – Will Rogers
8, The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went. —Unknown
9 . I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.” Warren Buffett
10. If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it! —Jonathan Winters
11. No amount of money ever bought a second of time. — Tony Stark
12. Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
― Epictetus
13. Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.” —Jim Rohn
14. Getting rich in America is EASY! — Jim Rohn
15. Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool —Seneca
16. You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you. – Dave Ramsey
17. Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. – George Carlin
18, There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. – Marlene Dietrich
19. A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. —Jonathan Swift
20, When I look at my savings account, I don’t see pounds and pence, I see freedom. – Merryn Somerset Webb
21. At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start. – Brian Tracy
22. Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes. – John Bogle
23. Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack. – John Bogle
24. More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went.” – Roger Babson
25. There are two ways to get rich – make more or desire less.” – Anonymous
26. My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. – Steve Jobs
27. Real wealth is not about money. Real wealth is: not having to go to meetings, not having to spend time with jerks, not being locked into status games, not feeling like you have to say ‘yes,’ not worrying about others claiming your time and energy. Real wealth is about freedom. –James Clear
28. The secret to creating lasting financial change is to decide to pay yourself first and then make it automatic. – David Bach
29. I remember saying to my mentor, ‘If I had more money, I would have a better plan.’ He quickly responded, ‘I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.’ You see, it’s not the amount that counts; it’s the plan that counts” – Jim Rohn
30 A bad day fishing sure beats a good day at work. – Anonymous
31. Financial freedom is available to all those who learn about it and work for it.” – Robert Kiyosaki
32. The goal isn’t more money. The goal is living life on your terms. –Chris Brogan
33. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. – Tony Robbins
34. While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
― Groucho Marx
35. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. —Mahatma Gandhi
36. Whatever your income, always live below your means.” – Thomas J. Stanley
37. Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. –Henry David Thoreau
38. If you will make the sacrifices now that most people aren’t willing to make, later on you will be able to live as those folks will never be able to live. –Dave Ramsey
39. It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. —David Feherty
40. A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore. —Yogi Berra
41. There are two types of people in this world. The ones that own the store, and the ones who scrape shit off the floor. You have to decide which one you are. Mr Wonderful Kevin O’Leary
42. Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. —P.T. Barnum
43. I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. —Thomas Jefferson
44. Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like. ― Will Rogers
45. Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. —Zig Ziglar
46. Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. —John Wayne
47. Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless. Gary Vaynerchuck
47. If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. —Vicki Robin
48. Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. –-Robert Kiyosaki
49. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. —Mark Twain
50. The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. —Ayn Rand
I love these quotes! Will be circling back again to re-read them. One that really spoke to me was this: “There are two ways to get rich – make more or desire less.” I feel like most of us spend so much time focusing on how to make or generate more money when we could be desiring less. Not less in terms of compromises but reminding ourselves that the best things in life are free including walking, hiking, meditating, picnics and casual conversations.