Samuel Okoruwa
Money, as they say, makes the world go round and it keeps things moving. It may not be the key to happiness but it solves a lot of problems and makes life better in general.
Here are 15 quotes from great minds that will motivate you on your journey to financial freedom:
1. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus
2. “Finance is not merely about making money. It’s about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It’s about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society.” – Robert J.Shiller
3. “It’s quite easy to spend $20,000 getting two people to Europe for two weeks. The same $20,000 invested at a reasonable rate of return over several years makes the opportunity cost of going to Europe prohibitive.” – Don Connelly
4. “What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.” –Julia Cameron
5. “The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.” – Dave Ramsey
6. “More important than the how we achieve financial freedom, is the why. Find your reasons why you want to be free and wealthy.” – Robert Kiyosaki
7. “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” – Maya Angelou
8. “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” –Henry Ford
9. “Productivity – the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy – is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.” – Tim Jackson
10. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.” –Kim Garst
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11. “Money you won’t need to use for at least seven years is money for investing. The goal here is to have your account grow over time to help you finance a distant goal, such as building a retirement fund. Since your goal is in the future, money for investing belongs in stocks.” – Suze Orman
12. “Doctors know needles hurt. They give shots nonetheless. Why? Because they know that little bit of discomfort up front leads to miracles down the road.” – Don Connelly
13. “The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.” –T.T. Munger
14. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.” – William A. Ward
15. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” –David Brinkley
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