Personal Finance Quotes

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  Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Money

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• Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

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• The lack of money is the root of all evil.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Bible, Sarcastic

  Mark Twain, John Sutton Tuckey (1980). “The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man”, p.337, Univ of California Press

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• Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

  Paul Samuelson

  Money, Vegas, Saving

  "Paul Samuelson's Words of Wisdom" by Larry Swedroe, www.cbsnews.com. December 17, 2009.

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  A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Hilarious, Sarcastic

  Quoted in Alan Harrington, Life in the Crystal Palace (1959).

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  Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Education

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 04, 2016

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• Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Money, Powerful

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.315, Hamilton Books

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• If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Money, Buying Things

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• The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

  Kin Hubbard

  Inspirational, Funny, Money

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• Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Money, Roots, Greatest Wealth

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  If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Hope

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• An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Encouraging, Education, Money

  Jack Vincent, Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth”, p.91, The Way to Wealth

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• Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Money, Time

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 26, 2016

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• Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  "Helen Gurley Brown on Money, Sex and Having It All" by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 13, 2012.

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• Know what you own, and know why you own it.

  Peter Lynch

  Money, Intelligent, Investing

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• Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.

  Jackie Mason

  Love, Funny, Inspiring

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• If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Money, Greatest Wealth

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• Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

  Donald Trump

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.48, Random House

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• Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.

  Albert Einstein

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Civilization

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• The real excitement is playing the game.

  Donald Trump

  Money, Real, Persistence

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.63, Ballantine Books

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• The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

  Dave Barry

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Civilization

  Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown

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• Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

  Homer

  Family, Money, World And Love

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  Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring

  Without Feathers "The Early Essays" (1975)

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• Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Money, Greatest Wealth

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