Money doesn't bring courage, I learned. It's the other way around. Once I took that lesson to heart, I began to rebuild my life.
When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.
I grew up thinking that because I couldn't read, I was stupid and would never amount to anything. I worked my way through college as a waitress and thought I wasn't capable of doing anything else. My grades in English were horrible, and I barely got through.
Money will respond to you just like people do.
... show respect for your money ... Then your money will think and care about you in return.
If the boss is a jerk, get over it. First of all, don't you think there's a good chance that your boss's boss knows what's going on? If so, just keep your head down and do the work. Usually, if you put in maximum effort and produce excellent results, someone in the company is going to take notice. Either you will get promoted or your jerky boss will get the heave-ho. It happens all the time.
The world of money, of numbers and stock markets and interest rates and credit cards, seems on the surface about as far as it could be from the world of spirituality, of seeking meaningful answers to the big questions of life. ... But these two worlds must flow in and out of each other, because it takes both money and spiritual understanding to sustain it. Truly speaking, what determines where our money with its awesome power will go, and what it will do for ourselves and others? If we listen, those answers come from the center of our being, from who we really are.
The things that matter most in this world are those that carry no price tag, for they can neither be bought nor sold at any price.
What happens to your money directly affects the quality of your life -- not your stockbroker's life or your banker's life, but YOUR life.
Make this the year you tackle that credit card debt once and for all.
Late payments also hurt your FICO score. And never, ever take out a cash advance on your credit card.
When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins.
When it comes to money, if you have it, you may feel that you don't deserve it—guilt. If you don't have it, you may feel that you should have it—guilt.
I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.
I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.
You will never be powerful in life until you are powerful over your own money. How you think about it, how you feel about it and how you invest it.
We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?
Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy. It is the Velcro of all debts.
I'm in a relationship with life. My life is just out there. I'm on the road every day. I love my life.
Focus on what you have.
No well-planned retirement should be without long term care insurance. It is the very cornerstone of retirement security.
Each cent you apply toward diminishing your debt replenishes you.
It pays to be a fee fiend.
As our net worth falls, so does our self-worth. Ironically, it's when we don't have it that we most feel we have to flaunt it.
Ignore the annual percentage rate when shopping for a mortgage.
