The Best Collection of Finance Quotes to Transform Your Wealth Mindset

“A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.”

“A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.”

“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”

“All money is a matter of belief.”

“Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”

“As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.”

“Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.”

“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”

“Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.”

“Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.”

“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”

“Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.”

“Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.”

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

“Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.”

“I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.”

“I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.”

“I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.”

“I made my money by selling too soon.”

“I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.”

“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.”

“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.”

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.”

“Inflation is taxation without legislation.”

“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”

“Money is the best rule of commerce.”

“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”

“My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.”

“One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.”

“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”

“People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.”

“Poverty is unnecessary.”

“Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.”

“Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.”

“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”

“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.”

“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.”

“The financial markets generally are unpredictable... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.”

“The job of the Central Bank is to worry.”

“The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.”

“The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.”

“The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.”

“The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.”

“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”

“There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.”

“There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking.”

“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.”

“Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.”

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”

“Watch your finances like a hawk.”

“We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.”

“We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”

“Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.”

“You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.”

“You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.”