Suze Orman Quotes

Do you have an emergency fund? If not, build one - aim for three months of expenses to start, then boost it to six. It will ease your anxiety and get you out of a potential jam.

I feel very strongly we need to do a better job with the rainy day fund.

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

It may take you months or even a few years to build up an adequate emergency savings fund. That's okay.

Save money; never rely on other people to lend you money. We call it having 'walking the streets' money - money in your back pocket or bank account that belongs to you.

Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses!

Savings is an important tool because it can help the poor deal with the ups and downs of irregular earnings and help them build reserves for a rainy day.

Eliminating or substantially lowering just one major monthly expense can give you enough cushion to move into a more comfortable place financially.

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.

You have no control over the market. You can't predict where it will go, and you can't bring it back from the depths. What you can do is save more. Make sure you have cash on hand - an emergency fund of at least six months of expenses.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account.

I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so that part of each paycheck goes straight into your savings account.

I've got a bit of money in the bank. I'm quite comfortable.

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

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.