Birdman Quotes

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

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

The reason that so few people are financially independent today is that they place many negative roadblocks in their heads. Becoming wealthy is, in fact, a mind game.

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.

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.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

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.

Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful, there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money, you won't succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.

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

Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?'

When I was 12 I worked with someone - it was actually an English teacher at my school, John Woodward. He was the only teacher in the school to have a top-of-the-range Porsche and all the trappings of success, so it was very interesting for me to find out how he did it. He was probably the wealthiest English teacher in the community.

Let's face it, we're not about to earn our way to wealth. That's a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we'll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone-no matter how big-isn't the answer.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

Money is just a way of keeping score.

I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me.

People who don't get rich are lazy or just have other priorities.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

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

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.