Laura Trott Quotes

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

I saved my money.

I put a portion of my salary to the side.

If you save your money right, you can have what you want.

The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make.

Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it's keeping it.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.

The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

If you make time each month to give your money some attention, you'll start the next year in fabulous financial shape.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses!