Favorite quote or money motivator?

[LuxLiving]

"To be rich, regardless of his fortune or lack of it, a man must live by his own values. If those values are not personally meaningful, then no amount of money gained can hide the emptiness of a life without them."

~~J. Paul Getty

[ozzy gurl]

I read this on another board...it has stuck with me!

"They say the grass is greener on the other side, but they forget to mention that the water bill is higher, too."

[LuxLiving]

Much of this can apply to working on our finances as well:

"There was a man who wanted to transcend his suffering so he went to a Buddhist temple to find a Master to help him. He went to the Master and asked, "Master, if I meditate four hours a day, how long will it take me to transcend?" The Master looked at him and said, "If you meditate four hours a day, perhaps you will transcend in ten years." Thinking he could do better, the man then said, "Oh, Master, what if I meditated eight hours a day, how long will it take me to transcend?" The Master looked at him and said, "If you meditate eight hours a day, perhaps you will transcend in twenty years." "But why will it take me longer if I meditate more?" the man asked. The Master replied, "You are not here to sacrifice your joy or your life. You are here to live to be happy, and to love. If you can, do your best two hours of meditation, but if you spend eight hours instead, you will only grow tired, miss the point, and you won't enjoy your life. Do your best, and perhaps you will learn that no matter how long you meditate, you can live, love, and be happy." ~~The Four Agreements, by Don M. Ruiz

[Payin-the-Toll]

BCHGRL mentioned one of my favorites--I always heard it as, "It's not how much you earn, but how much you burn." LUXLIVING's 'Sting of low quality" I always heard as, "The sweetness of low price is long forgot after the bitterness of poor quality and service sets in." And of course my all time favorite, "Before you cross the bridge, you've got to pay the toll."

[LuxLiving]

"Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves, the more of a man does it make of him." ~~Rudyard Kipling

[Pupart]

http://www.quotegarden.com/money.html

The ^^^ Quote Garden^^^ has some great quotes about everything, including money, debt etc.
I think my favorite is still a simple one one my would say Mom when I was a child.

"Save money for a rainy day"

[PrincessPerky]

I love that nearly every day I get a new message with a quote about money in it...Thanks to all who post here. appologies that I often just read the one in my email.

[LuxLiving]

"If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle." ~Benjamin Franklin, The Whistle

[Aleta]

I also like the one that says, HE WHO THINKS THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL HAVE TO MOW THAT GRASS TOO".

[LuxLiving]

"Get to live;
Then live, and use it; else, it is not true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone
Makes money not a contemptible stone." ~George Herbert, The Temple - The Church Porch

[poundwise]

"If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some." -- Benjamin Franklin

"The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill." -- Peter Ustinov

"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons." -- Douglas Adams

[fairy74]

ha, ha poundwise, I love that Peter Ustinov quote!

[Aleta]

"If you want to double your money, fold it in half and put it in your pocket."

[LuxLiving]

"I love being frugal because it allows me to be generous in other ways. My objective is to spend my money mindfully not to be the stingiest on the block. So frugality for me directly leads to mindful generousity... and allows me to have my financial house in order at the same time!" ~~yummy64 on SavingAdvice.com blog

[GoodBuyGirl]

Not a motivator but I enjoyed it:

"I'm so broke I can't pay attention"

[LuxLiving]

"Take a hard look at your needs and get ruthless about separating them from the wants. I need food. I want steak." ~D. Freedman

[LuxLiving]

"Buy index funds. It might not seem like much action, but it is the smartest thing to do." - Charles Schwab, Money Magazine (p.88), January, 2007

[markio26]

hey i know one:

it spends just as good in my pocket, as it does in theirs....

[fairy74]

Money is fundamentally paper, if you can control the papers on your desk and in your house you can control your money. It's only when you act like money is something more than paper that it becomes uncontrollable.

My Aunt

[PrincessPerky]

Originally Posted by fairy74

Money is fundamentally paper, if you can control the papers on your desk and in your house you can control your money. It's only when you act like money is something more than paper that it becomes uncontrollable.

My Aunt

Oh NO! i can;t control paper on my desk! no matter how hard I try I have stacks of paper to hide every time I have company! (the rest of the time I try to manage them somehow....