Favorite quote or money motivator?

[LuxLiving]

"If ye love wealth
better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude better than
the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not
your counsels or arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which
feed you. May your chains set lightly
upon you, and may posterity forget
that ye were our countrymen."
~~Samuel Adams, speech at the
Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Perhaps in reply to Sam Adams, after that liberty had been gotten, we have Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America commenting on how it makes us look at what others have when we are sure we are equals.

"When everything is more or less level, the slightest variation is noticed. Hence the more equal men are, the more insatiable will be their longing for equality...That is the reason for the strange melancholy often haunting inhabitants of democracies in the midst of abundance, and of that disgust with life sometimes gripping them in calm and easy circumstances."


Of course, Adams was talking to those who already had wealth, de Tocqueville about those who perceived that somebody else --somebody no better than themselves-- had greater money, goods, privilege, or position.

[Saving_spree]

One man with a dream, at pleasure, Shall go forth and conquer a crown, And three with a new song's measure, Can trample an empire down.
- Arthur O'Shaughnessy

[cschin4]

"Stop buying stuff you can't afford!"

I don't know who said that.

[LuxLiving]

“Success is having everything you need and doing everything you want. It is not doing everything you need to have everything you want.” ~from Jacob's Manifesto, Early Retirement Extreme: — A philosophical response to runaway consumerism

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Oh, here is another from the same source as Lux Living's last post:

Who would you be without your money? Would you have any value to the people around you beyond your family?

[jasonnoguchi]

Your Character Determines Your Destiny (and consequently, of course, the amount of money you will make)

[LuxLiving]

Participating In Returns

"The most important question is how can I manage my risks while still participating in the returns?” ~Russ T.

[mmgarren@yahoo.com]

You either control your money or the lack of it will control you.

[Accurise]

The best quote I ever heard is,
"When life gives you lemons, you construct a lemon gun and shoot back...RAWR!"

Its a very motivational quote....

[Johngate2100]

"First we make habits then habits makes us" Don't know the author.

[ndeluca]

"Live like your dying" thats the quote I live by...

[CalireEHughes]

I like this one when I need to get stuff done - "Procastrination is like masturbation, you’re $#%#@@# yourself"

[Staceyy]

"Take care of your money and your money will take care of you". Patti LaBelle

[bluewaves]

Creditors have better memories than debtors.