The 70 Best Quotes About Money and Success
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We are told to listen to wise people. I actually often find a lot of inspiration in quotes. Not of the “live laugh love” nonsense that seems to only exist so someone can put it on a pillow. I talk about the great quotes that are actual advises from people who know what they are talking about. You can learn a lot from this. You can learn from the wisdom they bring and you can learn how the masters formulates their words so one sentence can hold so much value. If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen me share some of these every now and then. Here I have collected my favourites so you can see them all in one place. So here I present the best quotes about money and investing that I have found. And in the future I will keep this updated with more.
Do you have a favourite quote quotes about money and success? Please share it with me. Either in the comment section at the end of the post or by sending it directly to me.
Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like. -Will Rogers
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
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. — Jim Rohn
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. — Ayn Rand
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. — P.T. Barnum
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson
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
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. — Zig Ziglar
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
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. — Thomas A. Edison
The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind. — T.T. Munger
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily. — Zig Ziglar
The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient. — Warren Buffett
When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company? — Rene Rivkin
If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn’t be in stocks. — John Bogle
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. — Edmund Burke
My formula for success is rise early, work late and strike oil. — JP Getty
You get recession, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets. — Peter Lynch
We don’t have to be smarter than the rest, we have to be more disciplined than the rest. — Warren Buffett
Wall Street makes its money on activity, you make your money on inactivity. — Warren Buffett
Value stocks are about as exciting as watching grass grow, but have you ever noticed just how much your grass grows in a week? — Christopher Browne
When purchasing depressed stock in troubled companies, seek out the ones with the superior financial positions and avoid the ones with loads of bank debt. — Peter Lynch
Learn everyday, but especially from the experiences of others. It’s cheaper! — John Bogle
It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked — Warren Buffett
Rule Number One: Never lose money. Rule Number Two: Never forget Rule Number One. — Warren Buffett
Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well. — Warren Buffett
If you don’t feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don’t own it for 10 minutes. — Warren Buffett
Success in investing doesn’t correlate with I.Q. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing. — Warren Buffett
Save your credit, for that is better than money. — Warren Buffett
Price is what you pay, value is what you get. — Warren Buffett
A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse — not a remarkable mathematician. — Warren Buffett
No man can arrive at a full measure of success until he hath completely crushed the spirit of procrastination within him — George S. Clason
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of Good Luck — Geroge S. Clason
There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal. — Robert T. Kiyosaki
It’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep. — Robert T. Kiyosaki
The best investment you will ever make is in yourself. — Grant Cardone
It’s pretty easy to get well-to-do slowly. But it’s not easy to get rich quick. — Warren Buffet
To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a reality. — Anita Roddick
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse — Jim Rohn
Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich. — T. Harv Eker
My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. — Richard Branson
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment — Jim Rohn
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. — Jim Rohn
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planed for you? Not much. — Jim Rohn
Patience is a key element of success. — Bill Gates
This is the process by which wealth is accumulated; first in small sums, then in larger ones as a man learns and becomes more capable.” — George S. Clason
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. — George Larimer
There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. — Marlene Dietrich
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. — Oscar Wilde
Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think. — Ayn Rand
A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some. — Joe Moore
Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to use it. — Frank A. Clark
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it. — Bob Hope
Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence. — Max Amsterdam
One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring. — Orison Swett Marden
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully. — Scott Alexander
It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits. — Charles Jaffe
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. — Donald Trump
Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this. — Dave Ramsey
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. — Henry David Thoreau
The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind. — T.T. Munger
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it. — Albert Einstein
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone. — Benjamin Franklin
Dogs have no money. Isn’t that amazing? They’re broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? No Pockets. — Jerry Seinfeld
Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. — Benjamin Franklin
The more you learn, the more you earn. — Frank Clark
To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep. — David Bailey
The Best Way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream. — Bill Murray
Do you have any favourite quotes that are not in the list?
Please tell me in the comments or by contacting me directly. I would love to expand this list.
