Dave Ramsey Quotes

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.

I must know every aspect of my personal finances. Managing your money will help you make your money work for you.

You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money.

I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth. A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out. When you consciously open, read, and file away your bills and statements, you are connecting with your money and taking control of your life.

You know for years, I've heard financial experts stress the importance of teaching your kids about money, but it wasn't until I saw my own son's perspective change that I became a true believer.

You can get your money and you put it in the bank, or you can put it in the youth. You can put it in our future.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

You will either learn to manage money, or the lack of it will manage you.

Money is one form of power. But what is more powerful is financial education. Money comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealth. The reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money works, so they spend their lives working for money.

The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn to work for money...but never learn to have money work for them.

I love the idea of women taking control of their money. It's something that many women are not familiar with, but it's crucial.

Money is a big part of your life, and when you learn how to get your finances under control, all areas of your life will soar.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.