financial mindset quotes

I’m a cash flow guy. If it doesn’t make me money today, forget about it.

Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.

My family wasn’t rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, ‚Err on the side of caution.‘

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

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.

Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

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.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, ‚Is that a $20 million take?‘ That kind of thing, and being self-critical.