Ana Patricia Botin Quotes

My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

My dad was a banker, and I've always had an interest in it.

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

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

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

My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.

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

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

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.

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

My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

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

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.

At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.

I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

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

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.'

I write about banking because it is something I'm familiar with. Also, I don't have to do much research on it.

When you first come in the NBA, you have a lot of conversations about saving your money, financially educating yourself, not just trusting whoever it is handling your money, not just having those meetings once a year, and not really putting the effort into learning the same way you learn your craft on the court.

Web banking lets you monitor your spending, tweak your budget, schedule payments, and more, particularly if you marry your online bank with the personal-finance management tools available online.

Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

The time to save for the future is now. Thanks to compounding interest, the earlier you start putting money away for the future, the more you will save.