Suze Orman Quotes

Don't play games that you don't understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.

It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.

Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

Never invest in a business you don't understand.

As a matter of fact I trade in accordance to my means and always leave myself an ample margin of safety.

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes.

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.

Somehow, there is this feeling that women require remedial financial education, and so everything must be dumbed down. The reality is that we all need a lot more education, but guys just go ahead and invest anyway.

I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.

I never invest in anything that I don't understand.

Unless you completely understand the investment world, do not mess around with it. It is not something I would go anywhere near.

Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

If the investor is uneducated, anything he or she invests in will be risky. So it's not the investment that is risky. It's the investor.

Never bet your money on another man's game.

I very much support financial education in schools.

What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions--if they can get rich making dumb decisions? The incentives on Wall Street were all wrong; they're still all wrong.

The junior high schools and high schools of America have forgotten to teach one of the most important courses of all. Investing.

I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood.