A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.
Economists say the inability to delay gratification is a primary predictor of economic failure in life.
The amount of money we receive will always be in direct ratio to the demand for what we do; our ability to do it; and the difficulty in replacing us.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the belt that runs the wheel – only a means to an end.
When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.
Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources.
The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place.
Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy.
We get paid for bringing value to the market place.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Time is valuable, and when it is gone, it is gone. Time is wealth, and unlike money, when it is gone, you cannot replace it.
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to receive is feel good.
See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it.