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As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am on holiday. While I thought being away from work would mean higher productivity for EM, sadly that hasn\u2019t happened. My brain seems to be taking a holiday from all possible productive work.<\/p>\n
However, the good thing about money is that I am nowhere close to being the first person to have thought of it. So, today I leave you with the wisdom of a few quotes I completely believe in.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo many people spend money they haven\u2019t earned, to buy things they don\u2019t want, to impress people they don\u2019t like.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Will Rogers<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOpportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thomas Edison<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you think nobody cares if you\u2019re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Earl Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I\u2019ll tell you what they are.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James W. Frick<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOf the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Warren Buffett<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Billy Graham<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMy favorite things in life don\u2019t cost any money. It\u2019s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Steve Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dave Ramsey<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMoney is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ayn Rand<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you have trouble imagining a 20{76b947d7ef5b3424fa3b69da76ad2c33c34408872c6cc7893e56cc055d3cd886} loss in the stock market, you shouldn\u2019t be in stocks.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John Bogle<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMany people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you took our top fifteen decisions out, we\u2019d have a pretty average record. It wasn\u2019t hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience. You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along, you pounced on them with vigor.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Charlie Munger<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0T.T. Munger<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joe Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMoney can\u2019t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ronald Reagan<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf we\u00a0command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.\u201d \u2014Edmund Burke<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMoney is a terrible master but an excellent servant.\u201d \u2014P.T. Barnum<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.\u201d \u2014Robert Kiyosaki<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you’re saving, you’re succeeding.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>? Steve Burkholder<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.\u201d ? Brigham Young<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cKnow what you own, and know why you own it.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Peter Lynch<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEvery time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>-Nathan W. Morris<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cInvesting should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Paul Samuelson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFriendship is like money, easier made than kept.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Samuel Butler<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPersist \u2013 don\u2019t take no for an answer. If you\u2019re happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you\u2019ll be sitting at your desk for the next 20 years.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>-David Rubenstein<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMoney grows on the tree of persistence.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Japanese Proverb<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMoney is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Carl Sandburg<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMoney does not dictate your lifestyle, it\u2019s what you do to get it and how you manage your finances that determines your lifestyle.”\u00a0-Wayne Chirisa<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>-Chris Rock<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMoney is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it ensures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Aristotle<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPeople say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Joan Rivers<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWealth is the ability to fully experience life.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Henry David Thoreau<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Phillip Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Earl Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cCapital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>-Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.\u201d\u2014 Margaret Thatcher<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.\u201d\u00a0? Epictetus<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFrugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.\u201d\u00a0? Elise Boulding<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn. People earning a million dollars a year can have no money. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It\u2019s not what you earn, it\u2019s what you spend.\u201d\u00a0? Paul Clitheroe<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDon’t think money does everything, or you are going to end up doing everything for money.\u201d\u00a0? Voltaire<\/strong><\/p>\n The hardest thing to understand in the world is income tax.\u00a0-Albert Einstein<\/strong><\/p>\n To get rich, you have to be making money while you\u2019re asleep.\u00a0-David Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n Whoever said money can\u2019t buy happiness simply didn\u2019t know where to go shopping.\u00a0-Bo Derek<\/strong><\/p>\n Greed is not a financial issue. It\u2019s a heart issue.\u00a0-Andy Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n Finance is not merely about making money. It’s about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It’s about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society. -Robert J. Shiller<\/strong> How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. –Robert G. Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018<\/p>\n If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. –Vicki Robin<\/strong><\/p>\n When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company? –Rene Rivkin<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am on holiday. While I thought being away from work would mean higher productivity for EM, sadly that hasn\u2019t happened. My brain seems to be taking a holiday from all possible productive work. However, the good thing about money is that I am nowhere close to being the first person to have thought of it. So, today I leave you with the wisdom of a few quotes I completely believe in. \u201cToo many people spend money they haven\u2019t earned, to buy things they don\u2019t want, to impress people they don\u2019t like.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Will Rogers \u201cOpportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thomas Edison \u201cIf you think nobody cares if you\u2019re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Earl Wilson \u201cDon\u2019t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I\u2019ll tell you what they are.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James W. Frick \u201cOf the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Warren Buffett \u201cIf a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Billy Graham \u00a0 \u201cMy favorite things in life don\u2019t cost any money. It\u2019s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Steve Jobs \u00a0 \u201cYou must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dave Ramsey \u00a0 “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Winston Churchill \u00a0 \u201cMoney is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ayn Rand \u00a0 \u201cIf you have trouble imagining a 20{76b947d7ef5b3424fa3b69da76ad2c33c34408872c6cc7893e56cc055d3cd886} loss in the stock market, you shouldn\u2019t be in stocks.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John Bogle \u00a0 \u201cMany people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Johann Wolfgang von Goethe \u00a0 \u201cIf you took our top fifteen decisions out, we\u2019d have a pretty average record. It wasn\u2019t hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience. You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along, you pounced on them with vigor.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Charlie Munger \u00a0 \u201cThe habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0T.T. Munger \u00a0 \u201cA simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joe Moore \u201cMoney can\u2019t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ronald Reagan \u201cIf we\u00a0command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.\u201d \u2014Edmund Burke \u201cMoney is a terrible master but an excellent servant.\u201d \u2014P.T. Barnum \u201cIt\u2019s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.\u201d \u2014Robert Kiyosaki \u201cIf you’re saving, you’re succeeding.\u201d\u00a0? Steve Burkholder \u201cIf you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.\u201d ? Brigham Young \u201cKnow what you own, and know why you own it.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Peter Lynch \u201cEvery time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.\u201d\u00a0-Nathan W. Morris \u201cInvesting should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Paul Samuelson \u201cFriendship is like money, easier made than kept.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Samuel Butler \u201cPersist \u2013 don\u2019t take no for an answer. If you\u2019re happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you\u2019ll be sitting at your desk for the next 20 years.\u201d\u00a0-David Rubenstein \u00a0 \u201cMoney grows on the tree of persistence.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Japanese Proverb \u201cMoney is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Carl Sandburg \u201cMoney does not dictate your lifestyle, it\u2019s what you do to get it and how you manage your finances that determines your lifestyle.”\u00a0-Wayne Chirisa \u201cWealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options.\u201d\u00a0-Chris Rock \u00a0 \u201cMoney is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it ensures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Aristotle \u201cPeople say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Joan Rivers \u201cWealth is the ability to fully experience life.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Henry David Thoreau \u201cThe stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Phillip Fisher \u201cThis would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Earl Wilson \u201cCapital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.\u201d\u00a0-Mahatma Gandhi \u00a0 \u201cIt is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.\u201d\u2014 Margaret Thatcher \u201cWealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.\u201d\u00a0? Epictetus \u201cFrugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.\u201d\u00a0? Elise Boulding \u201cThe amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn. People earning a million dollars a year can have no money. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It\u2019s not what you earn, it\u2019s what you spend.\u201d\u00a0? Paul Clitheroe \u201cDon’t think money does everything, or you are going to end up doing everything for money.\u201d\u00a0? Voltaire The hardest thing to understand in the world is income tax.\u00a0-Albert Einstein To get rich, you have to be making money while you\u2019re asleep.\u00a0-David Bailey Whoever said money can\u2019t buy happiness simply didn\u2019t know where to go shopping.\u00a0-Bo Derek Greed is not a financial issue. It\u2019s a heart issue.\u00a0-Andy Stanley Finance is not merely about making money. It’s about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It’s about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society. -Robert J. Shiller The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. -John D. Rockefeller Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. –Jim Rohn How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. –Robert G. 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\nThe way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. -John D. Rockefeller<\/strong>
\nFormal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. –Jim Rohn<\/strong><\/p>\n