Tyra Banks Quotes

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

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

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.

Money is a very important tool to make a big difference in people's life. It is positive or negative depending on the values.

I'm not driven by the mighty dollar.

If someone paid me a million dollars to drink a glass of milk, I wouldn't do it; maybe that's because I don't need the money.

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don't have to worry that much about it. I wouldn't fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn't interest me right now.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.

I've been given my money. Nobody has ever beaten me out of one quarter. And that's all I've ever been concerned about.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

Understand and accept the cycles of money. The setbacks you may have today or next year will not keep you from financial freedom. If you hold on to your goals and dreams, you will get there.

I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.

The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business.

I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don't have a short-term payback.

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.

You can get your money and you put it in the bank, or you can put it in the youth. You can put it in our future.