Rufus Sewell Quotes

Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

Most people aren't honest with themselves about money.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

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

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

The wealth cure is looking at your life step by step - making a diagnosis and saying, 'Am I using money or is money using me?'

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.

It's time to start thinking differently about money and debt and start the healing process - and the process toward wealth and freedom. 'Freedom from Bad Debt' can get you started.

More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

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

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

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

You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

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.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth. A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out. When you consciously open, read, and file away your bills and statements, you are connecting with your money and taking control of your life.

One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not.

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

You know for years, I've heard financial experts stress the importance of teaching your kids about money, but it wasn't until I saw my own son's perspective change that I became a true believer.