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Cool Quotes
 “It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.” “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” “Success is determined by taking the hand you were dealt and utilizing it to the very best of your ability.” “You load sixteen tons, what do you get. Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store.” “Things are never as bad as they seem to the pessimist and never as good as they seem to the optimist.” “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” “Success is defined by oneself by setting attainable goals and reaching them.” “The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.” “Banks made mistakes in lending, which got the economy in this whole mess. Their latest ingenious decision is to get rid of their best customers and their most profitable accounts.” “When my girlfriend asks for a bracelet made out of paper, I’ll know paper is as good as gold!” “Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.” “If the American people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning.” “There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.” “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” “You don’t need no credit card to ride this train.” “Life will pay whatever price you ask of it.” “Those who understand interest earn it; those who don’t, pay it.” “New Rules for the Game of Life: (1) If I give my best effort, then I am successful; (2) If I don’t try, then I have failed; (3) If I learn something new, then I have succeeded; (4) If I am having fun, then I can access more of my abilities; (5) If I take action consistently, then I increase my chances of success.” “I will help you as long as you help yourself. When you stop helping yourself, I stop helping you.” “Action is the foundational key to all success. Knowing is not enough! Lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know.” “I paid the bank note, the car note, an’ yes, I paid the ‘phone bill too. An’ then I turned around an’ I found that the house note’s due. Well, I’d love to take you out like I said I would, honey, But there’s too much month at the end of the money.” Talking about debt collectors…”One guy called me everyday last week. I said, ‘Look, every month I put everyone I owe into a hat, I pick three names, I pay those people. And if you call me one more time I’m taking you out of the hat.’ They all want to be in the hat.” “God’s dream is that you have an abundance, that you be totally out of debt, pay your house off, pay your credit cards off, and have so much overflow that you can be a blessing to everyone around you!” “Stretch your leg only as far as your blanket.” “God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.” “Wisest is he who knows he knows not.” “Credit card companies have been using unfair and deceptive practices to trick Americans into signing agreements they can’t afford. “Every moment wasted looking back keep us from looking forward.” “We cannot change the cards we are dealt; just how we play the hand.” “Credit-Card-Itis: A documented syndrome resulting in pain in the rear that runs down the thigh due to pressure on a nerve from a wallet stuffed with credit cards.” “A mistake is a future benefit, the full value of which is yet to be realized.” “When you’re driving, your foot is connected to your wallet. The faster you step down, the more money comes out of your wallet.” “If medical science continues to prolong life, some of us may eventually pay off the mortgage.” “It saves a lot of trouble if, instead of having to earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.” “O money, money, money. I’m not necessarily one of those who think thee holy, but I often stop to wonder how thou canst go out so fast when thou comest in so slowly.” “I have never been in a situation where having money made it worse.” “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” “The way to learn to do things is to do things. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.” “Money doesn’t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.” “The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” “It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.” “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” “One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.” “A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” “If you have a computer, then you should be using financial software.” “Be sure you know a person well before you vouch for his credit. Better refuse than to suffer later.” “When the student is ready the teacher will appear.” “A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.” “You feel stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.” “The only way to beat the banks is to make them fight for your business!” “Divorce sucks. Let me tell you, after five years of marriage for me it is devastating to have the person with the good credit move out.” “Before deciding what you want to do, I would ask how you want to live.” “There’s a fine line between, ‘oh, that’s cute’ and ‘I have to have that now.’” “It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” “Creating a budget is much easier than sticking to one.” “Never use the word ‘can’t’ because you can, you just haven’t done it yet.” “Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” “My very first credit card–today I’m a woman!” “Restless is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress.” “The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.” “One decision can change your life forever.” “To a normal person, $10 million will seem like enough. But anyone who thinks that’s enough is not the type that can acquire that much in the first place.” “Bad questions get bad answers.” “I’ve traveled all over the world and America is the easiest place to get rich.” “Forget the fat lady–it ain’t over until the check clears!” “The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.” “Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory, nor defeat.” “Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything.” “The greatest revelation of my generation is the discovery that by changing the inner attitudes of your mind, you can change the outer aspect of your life.” “Lend less than you owe.” “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” “All things are difficult before they are easy.” “I don’t want to see a game of checkers; I want to see a game of chess.” “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” “Living modestly and being happy with what you have–therein lies the success of saving.” “Financial success is having control over your finances rather than having your finances in control of you.” “If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.” “Live every day with an attitude of gratitude.” “Organization is the key to success with anything.” “Money is just the poor man’s credit card.” “People are not persuaded by what we say, but rather by what they understand.” “If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. But if you schedule it, it’s real.” “If you find yourself in a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging.” “Control your destiny, or someone else will!” “Change is inevitable; struggle is an option.” “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” “You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady.” “Never spend your money before you have it.” “Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.” “Too many men work on parts of things; doing a job to completion satisfies me.” “If you look at what you do not have in life, you don’t have anything. If you look at what you have in life, you have everything.” “If you control your credit cards, you control your future.” “Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” “Creditors have better memories than debtors.” Albert Einstein said, “in the middle of adversity lies opportunity.” It has also been state “you can tell the size of the goal by the number of obstacles you have overcome.” “Lack of money is the root of all evil.” “Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.” “Borrow money from pessimists—they don’t expect it back.” “You put your signature on everything you do in life.” “Work your plan and plan to work. You only fail if you quit.” “The biggest obstacle in life is yourself…overcome it and you will achieve the greatest accomplishment of all.” “You don’t have to be rich, you just have to know where you stand.” “Every family has a choice of keeping up with the neighbors or the creditors.” “While shopping, you’ll find that it’s far easier to put something in the basket than it is to remove it from the basket.” “Wealthier is healthier.” “Even though I have no debt, lack of funds is initially why so many people can’t pull through with their dreams, and I am not prepared to accept that.” “Like other forms of stealing, identity theft leaves the victim poor and feeling terribly violated.” “You can’t really have a happy life without having a healthy financial life.” “One who restrains his appetites avoids debt.” “There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” “The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.” “Winning isn’t everything. The will to win is everything.” “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” “There is only one boss, the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” “If you don’t know where you’re going, then any path will get you there.” “I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. And I had no idea I could be this happy without incurring credit card debt.” “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it.” “Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” “Lack of money is the root of all evil.” “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.” MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING: “But it’s reasonably close to oxygen!” “My credit is horrible. They won’t even take my cash!” “Work is a surefire money-making scheme.” “i hate those people who love to tell you “My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.” “If thou lend money to any of My people,…thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.” “In times of change, the learners inherit the earth and the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” “Insurance companies make money when you pay them; not when they pay you.” “Most choices are driven by immediate results.” “We can’t stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.” “The passion for money is never fickle.” “If there is no consequence, there is no change.” “If you have an understanding of your passion, you have an understanding of life.” “It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” “You have to think outside of conventional wisdom to break through your debt.” “Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” “Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” “I urge you to plan your work and then work your plan. I urge you to let no obstacle get in your way of accomplishing your plan. Either go around it, over it, or through it. But don’t turn around and go back. You do not retreat. You do not quit.” “Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of our economy. It has been the driving force of our recovery. Yet there are warning signs I won’t ignore, and I hope the Congress doesn’t ignore either. Many Americans live in constant and increasing personal debt, with credit card bills so heavy they often cannot pay much more than the monthly minimum. Millions of citizens spend their entire adult lives living paycheck-to-paycheck, never getting a chance to save for their children’s education or their own retirement. Americans today are paying about a third of their income in taxes. All of this puts pressure on family budget, and therefore clouds our economic future.” Below from White House Briefing on 1/6/2003: “Failure is never final and success is never-ending. Success is a journey, not a destination.” “When you give more than people expect, you get more than you expected.” “The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.” “I say ‘try’; if we never try, we shall never succeed.” “I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.” Jonathan Kent: “Clark Kent, you stole from us!” “Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.” “When you change what you believe, you change what you do.” “When you move beyond your fear, you feel free.” “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” “Worrying about it (your financial situation) won’t help, only action will!” “The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” “In times of distress, strengthen your heart.” “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got.” “Champions believe in themselves, even when others do not.” “Borrowing money from a friend is like sex—it completely changes the relationship!” “Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: “I wasn’t worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.”" “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.” “It’s (the Metropolis Mall) like some kind of temple.” “I hear and I forget. “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” “Neither a borrower or lender be, “Do not be made a beggar by banqueting upon borrow, “Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.” “The surest way to ruin a man who doesn’t know how to handle money is to give him some.” “Dreading that climax of all human ills, “It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts; “Who goeth a borrowing “The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.” “A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; “A good debt is not as good as no debt.” “There’s also consumer debt, the credit card debt that burdens many of the working families in America. Yes, we talk about national debt, and we’re paying a lot down. But you’re fixing to hear me tell you part of the remedy for people who have got a lot of credit card debt is to make sure people get some of their own money back.”
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