Hill Harper Quotes

I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

There are two things that you need to save for. First, you need an emergency cushion of no fewer than six months of living expenses. This needs to be cash in a liquid account where you can get at it in - yes - an emergency if you need it. In other words, money markets, not CDs. You also need to save for your future: that means retirement.

There is a real opportunity right now as parents and grandparents to come up with a plan that leaves our kids with something better than we have; that is, an opportunity to own, build, and grow a nest egg of their own.

When you grow up in America today, most schools don't teach you about money and investing. You could literally take a class in woodshop or auto in high school and not take a class on money.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

The key to making money is to stay invested.

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.

I just think the best way for me to be greedy is long-term greedy.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

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

I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. I'm a financial success!

Money and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.

I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it.

Investing is a virtuous habit best started as early as possible.

I'm just trying to diversify my portfolio and put myself in a position so when I do retire, the options are limitless.

I'd like to see great textbooks, great opportunities for kids to really understand stock market investing, because at the end of the day, they are going to be all they have in terms of creating a life for themselves, a retirement account, and things like that.

Whatever your income level is, save as much as you can - up to 20 percent, but more if you can - and invest it. Put that into an IRA; put that into a brokerage account.

At base, financial literacy is inextricably connected to control over one's future.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

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