We’ve all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

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.

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.

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.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn’t believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

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

I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.

Every dollar I made from DJing, I put into my videos, promotion – everything.

There is definitely an addiction to money that I have.

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

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

A man in debt is so far a slave.

If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.

I shouldn’t be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

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

I have to admit I’ve found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I’m pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

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

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.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

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.

With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.

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

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.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.

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

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I’ve got. Somebody’s got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain’t got this, somebody ain’t got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.

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

Money has to serve, not to rule.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

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.

Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

I made lots of mistakes – the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

Money can’t buy life.

‚Credit‘ is another word for trustworthiness.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

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.

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

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.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

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

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

You know people talk about federal money as if it falls from heaven. You know we thank heaven for it, but it came out of people’s pockets – and I’ve driven all over Washington, D.C., I cannot find the money tree.

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

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

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.

Remember that credit is money.

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

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.