Francis Bacon Quotes

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

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

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.

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

As you manage your money, you manage your life.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my own honour.

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

You have got to be the masters of your own financial future.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

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.

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

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

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

The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.

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.