Julius Rosenwald Quotes

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

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.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

Look, it makes sense to be able to take part of what you've earned in this life and have it grow. And I hope that other musicians out there that do have their moments of profit and of success are wise enough not to squander those profits and that success.

It's staggering how many players, even with the sums of money they make, don't do a great job of saving it.

When I started going to business school, I started getting calls from my peers asking for my help. I thought, 'Well, there are a lot of people like me who make a bunch of money and just get so scared of it and don't know what to do with it.' I just didn't want to be 60 years old and broke.

You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to [money management]; for. ... want of attention to pecuniary matters ... has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

In this day and age it's really stupid to be stupid about financial matters. It doesn't do you any good to make money if you don't know what to do with it other than spend it.

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.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

He that is rich is wise.

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

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

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.