Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.

At 19 I was lucky enough to start making money from my music career, and when I was in my early twenties I trusted financial experts and advisers to guide me with how I invested money.

I happen to love financial services.

My mum's financial plan is: Romesh becomes a millionaire.

I have millions of dollars, and I don't know finance. I've had some bad things happen in my career. I've got to educate myself. I sit down with my finance guy once a month and go over everything, line by line.

I have good people around me who guide me, tell me where I should put my money.

Investing isn't a game to be won. At the end of the day, it's a way to achieve your big goals, like buying that home, starting that business, and retiring on your own terms.

You want to make sure you're aware of who's dealing with your money, what it's doing, and how you can save.

Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

I'm no economist. I don't even play one on TV. I'm just a husband, a father, a taxpayer.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

Thank God I have a financial planner who is really conservative.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.

What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

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.

It is never too early to encourage long-term savings.

I'd be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They're entitled to do whatever they want.