There is definitely an addiction to money that I have.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity.

I want to be financially secure by the time I have kids.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

I have a problem with too much money. I can’t reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have – by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.

I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

I like money, but it’s never been about the money.

The call for debt cancellation is welcome, but debt does not just go away.

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We’ll break out of it. It takes time.

I’m interested in movement, and I’m interested in money, and I’m interested in the movement of money.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

I’m a bit like the Queen in that I don’t carry much cash.

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

I just don’t like mutual funds. I think they’re a rip-off.

Millions of Americans and people around the world, especially young people who face intense financial challenges today, haven’t been taught how to take control of their financial future.

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn’t greedy. It was mine, my girl’s, my mom’s. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we’re very modest. But that’s not greedy. That’s nice, right?

Demographics show that we are entering a battle between young and old. I call it the ‚Age War.‘ The young want to hang onto their money to grow their families, businesses, and wealth. The old want the tax and investment dollars of the young to sustain their old age.

What I invest in, while not risky for me, may be too risky for most people.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.

Money is like an arm or leg – use it or lose it.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1,400 little green houses – each paying us monthly. You do not have to be a rocket scientist or have a Harvard degree to play Monopoly for real.

When you think about it, three of our biggest financial decisions in life are made at times of peak emotional excitement: deciding to get married, buying a home, and having kids.

Bad debt is debt that makes you poorer. I count the mortgage on my home as bad debt, because I’m the one paying on it. Other forms of bad debt are car payments, credit card balances, or other consumer loans.

Tax season always means a deluge of tax advice. Unfortunately, most of it is futile and lightweight.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

Money for me today does not really matter.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Watch your finances like a hawk.

Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn’t want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that’s a good discussion. Maybe that’s the way to help close the deficit.

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

In ‚Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education‘ and ‚Why A Students Work for C Students,‘ I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.

It’s time to start thinking differently about money and debt and start the healing process – and the process toward wealth and freedom. ‚Freedom from Bad Debt‘ can get you started.

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.

Remember that credit is money.

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‚What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?‘. The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

Many people aren’t rich because they’re liars.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Don’t hold against me that I don’t own – that I don’t own a single stock or bond. Don’t hold it – I have no savings accounts.

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don’t know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn’t have cash on him.

Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.