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“Money often costs too much.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
That is deep. What is money costing you? Your time? Your health? The time with your family? The saying goes, “Time is money.” But what are you sacrificing to gain earthly riches? Because it’s not about that. We have a higher goal. We have a higher motivation. A higher [...]

“If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.”
Sir Francis Bacon
This is so true and the Bible talks about it, too! Don’t let money have you. You must be the master of your money; [...]

“After you marry, every asset either of you acquires is jointly held. That’s why you both need to be in sync on your long-term financial goals, from paying off the mortgage to putting away for retirement. Ideally, you should talk about all this before you wed. If you don’t, you can end up deeply frustrated [...]

“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Sometimes we forget that time is money and that we shouldn’t use up all of our time trying to make money. There are more important things in life than just making money. What good is money if you don’t have the time to use [...]

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
President Gerald R. Ford
This is such a timely quote for today. It seems like government is getting bigger and more powerful as each day goes by. We should not have to depend on government [...]

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
What a brilliant quote! Try something new today. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. If you never take a shot, you’ll never make a basket.

“Money is in some respects life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.”
P.T. Barnum
This is so true. Tell your money what to do, not the other way around! Have money but don’t let money have you.

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.”
Princess Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
Isn’t that quote just plain amazing?

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
Mother Teresa
The Bible talks about being faithful with the little things as well.

“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”
George Bernard Shaw
Ha, ha! The love of money is really the root of all evil, but it may feel like the lack of money is the root of all evil. I’m sure that having money is great, but there are plenty of rich people who are miserable. [...]

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.”
Charles Dickens
This is probably rule #1 in personal finance. Spend less than you make. If you can’t do that you need to make more money or cut expenses. Get on a budget, find [...]

“If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.”
John Paul Getty
Ha! It wouldn’t be surprising knowing how “well” these banks are run these days…

“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
Yogi Berra
Happy birthday Yogi Berra! The former New York Yankees catcher and coach was born on this day in 1925.
This quote is so profound. You need a game plan in life. Otherwise, you won’t know where you’re going. And you won’t know [...]

“Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.”
Joe Baca
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Just in case you didn’t know, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually on September 16. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of the Mexican [...]