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.

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.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.

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

Time is money.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

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.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

Money for me today does not really matter.

Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors. When it comes to investing, why play on a level field?

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Remember that credit is money.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn’t go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he’s got.

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

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

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.

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.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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

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.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

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

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

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.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I’m an inventor.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

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.

Money can’t buy 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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