Favorite quote or money motivator?

[LuxLiving]

"If you ignore everyone else, you can concentrate on what you do and spend. People spend with peers, but they save all by themselves. Funny that." ~Baselle, SavingAdvice.com blogger

[LuxLiving]

Warren Buffett's dictum, "Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy."

[LuxLiving]

"I always looked at cheap as just that. In other words, of less quality. I look as frugal as smart, as in, 'Why spend more than you have to, while not compromising quality?' " -Mark, commentor at Get Richly Slowly blog

[HNorton]

"Don't worry if I write rhymes, I write checks" --Diddy

[HNorton]

"Romance without Finance is a Damn Nuisance" -- Anon

[simpleyme]

"A succesful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him"
--David Brinkley

[LuxLiving]

"It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too." ~~??

[syracusa]

"When I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing anything to society,my reaction is, How do I get in on that ?"
Dave Barry

Arggh...I can't help reviving this thread even though it's old.
MOST vast fortunes are made by NOT doing productive work or contributing anything of real value to society. Work that contributes real value to society brings little money.
But then again, this is a B***h of a life, the unfair kind. Everyone knows that by now.

[syracusa]

And favorite money quote:

"There is no greater dignity than living below your means".

I don't remember who said it but I read it in one of Andrew Tobias' books.

[LuxLiving]

"Time is your friend;
impulse is your enemy."
~John 'Jack' Bogle, on investing.

[kork13]

"I can't be out of money... I still have more checks!"

-Popular Bumper Sticker

...wait...

[LuxLiving]

"Paying off debt is not the same as accumulating assets." ~Steven Marshall

[LuxLiving]

"These days more than ever before, just because you qualify for a mortgage doesn't mean that you can afford the monthly payments. It's a sobering fact that 100 percent of the owners of the houses now in foreclosure once qualified for a mortgage." ~Suze Orman, The Laws of Money, pg. 124

[LuxLiving]

"The mint makes it first,
it is up to you to
make it last." ~Evan Esar


The United States Mint Home

[syracusa]

<!--StartFragment -->"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes." ~Edward Gibbon

Superb!