Your Financial Philosophy

“The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.”

~ Jim Rohn,
Entrepreneur, Author & Speaker

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Avoiding Financial Mistakes

“Financial Literacy is an important part of avoiding financial mistakes and planning for a strong, secure financial future.”

~ Timothy James Pawlenty
Attorney, Businessman, Politician, Author, & 39th Governor of Minnesota (2003-2011)

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When Your Money Masters You

“Money is in some respects like fire – it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. When you have it mastering you, when interest is constantly piling up against you, it will keep you down in the worst kind of slavery. But let money work for you, and you have the most devoted servant in the world.”

~ P.T. Barnum
Showman, Businessman, Politician & Co-Founder – Barnum & Bailey Circus

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Money Soon Gone!

“Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”

~ Robert Toru Kiyosaki,
Investor, Businessman, Author, Speaker, Financial Literacy Activist, & Commentator

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A Po$itive Money Mind$et

“Money, to me, is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.”

~ Linda Evans

a,k,a. Linda Evanstad
Actress, Author & Golden Globe Award

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A Lifetime of Financial Well-Being

“Financial Literacy is the ability to use knowledge and skill to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being.”

~ Marina John
Family Lifestyle Content Creator – Mommy Snippets

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How Many Generations Can You Pass Your Money To?

“It’s 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.”

~ Robert Toru Kiyosaki
Investor, Businessman, Author, Speaker, Financial Literacy Activist, and Commentator

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Paying Good Wages

“I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.”

~ Robert Bosch
Founder – Robert Bosch GmbH

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Tell Your Money Where to Go

“More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went.”

~ Roger Ward Babson
Entrepreneur, Economist, Business Theorist & Founder – Babson College, Webber International University, & Utopia College

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Improving the Security of Our Future

“The good news, though, is that all of us can improve the security of our futures through financial literacy. With a better understanding of the basics of finance—how to save, budget and invest—we can increase both our earning potential and our prospects for a solid financial future.”

~ Reba Dominski,
President of U.S. Bank Foundation

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Financial Literacy to Scale the Businesses

“Many entrepreneurs struggle to understand payroll taxes, health care and other thorny issues… In other words, they don’t have the financial literacy to scale their businesses and attract investors.”

~ Daymond John,
CEO – FUBU & Sharktank Host

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Financial Literacy is Life-Saving

“I want kids to understand the importance of savings and investing. It’s crucial that people understand the importance of financial literacy, because it’s actually life-saving.”

~ Mellody Hobson,
President of Ariel Investments

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Financial Literacy: Childhood to Retirement

“Financial literacy is not an end in itself, but a step-by-step process. It begins in childhood and continues throughout a person’s life all the way to retirement. Instilling the financial-literacy message in children is especially important, because they will carry it for the rest of their lives.”

~ George Karl,
NBA Coach (27 seasons: Cleveland Cavaliers (1984-1986), Golden State Warriors (1986-88), Seattle Supersonics (1992-1998), Milwaukee Bucks (1998-2003), Denver Nuggets (2005-2013) and Sacramento Kings (2015-2016)

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Manage Your Money Well

“The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.”

~ T. Harv Eker,
Author

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Basic Financial Literacy

“It’s pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy.”

~ Elizabeth Warren
United States Senator (2017-Currently)

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Understanding Compound Interest

“I think people don’t understand compound interest because typically no one ever explains it to them and the level of financial literacy in the US is very low.”

~ James Surowiecki,
Journalist & Author

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Adequately Organizing Finances

“Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.”

~ Ron Lewis,
United States Representative (May 24, 1994-January 3, 2009)

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The Whole Secret of A Successful life

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”

~ Henry Ford,
Industrialist, Business Magnate &
Founder of Ford Motor Company

There Are No Secrets for Success

“There are no secrets to success; don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work and persistence. You must be ready for opportunity when it comes.”

~ Colin Powell
Politician, Statesman, Diplomat, United States Army 4-Star General (1989) & 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005)

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Failure is a Possibility, So is Success!

“”You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.””

~ Rosalynn Carter
First Lady of the United States (1977-1981), Author, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (1998- ), National Women’s Hall of Fame (2002), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), Mental Illness Foundation Dorothea Dix Award (1988), Georgia Woman of the Year Award (1996), Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged (1996), United Nations Children’s Fund International Child Survival Award (1999), Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health – Institute of Medicine (2000), United States Surgeon General’s Medallion (2000) & American Peace Award (2009)

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You’ll Spend Less Time Railing Against Life’s Unfairness

“The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you’ll be, because you’ll spend less time railing against life’s unfairness and feeling aggrieved and entitled, and more time figuring out how to maximize your assets, and your talents and how to deal with things that you’re not very good at.”

~ Condoleezza Rice,
Founder – Center for New Generation (1992), Political Scientist, Diplomat, United States Secretary of State (2005–2009),
United States National Security Advisor (2001–2005), Provost of Stanford University (1993–1999),
Augusta National Golf Club (2012), ESPNW Impact 25 (2014), Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2017) & Author

Failure is An Opportunity

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”

~ Henry Ford,
Industrialist, Business Magnate &
Founder of Ford Motor Company

Sleeping Around with Excuses

“When you lay down with neglect and sleep around with excuses you wake up with failure, but … when you marry your goals and remain intimate with you vision, you’ll give birth to success.”

~ Jay Danzie
Speaker, CEO – Danzie Dezerts & Author

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Assuring the Survival & Success of Liberty

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

~ John F. Kennedy,
35th President of the United States (1961-1963)

Hidden with Failure

 

“Hidden with failure are gems of wisdom – be inspired not discouraged, learn from them!”

~ Byron Pulsifer
Motivational Speaker & Author

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