Bill Gates Quotes

Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories about the things that we want. So you go through your bank account, and those are things you have told stories about.

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

Earning money is not a sin, and the bottom line is growth.

Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character.

Go where the money is... and go there often.

What do wealthy people do with their money? They can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it.

I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.

If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have - by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

I didn't join a bank because my father worked in a bank or because I thought I was going to be a banker or because I thought I was going to be where I am today.

Once you learn to make money, it is not that hard... what's hard is to stay excited about it.

I think if you have a big enough wallet you can solve anything but the key is to solve it with the least amount of expenditure.

I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have.

There were a lot of assumptions that we were raised a certain way. Our dad was always really clear with us that he is rich and we are not: 'If you want to be rich, you should go do what I did, which is work really hard.'

Most people struggle financially because they take advice from sales people, not rich people.