Cornelius Vanderbilt Quotes

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

Nothing wrong with making money.

I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.

My philosophy is to make money.

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

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man.

He that is rich is wise.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

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.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

Percentages are why I am rich.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.'