Aaron Patzer Quotes

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.

Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.

You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

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.

A budget is simply telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

The amount of money currently in your bank account is a fact. The amount you spend today is a choice. And the way you reconcile both is through clarity.

Just make sure that you know what's going on with your money and you know where you money is coming from and how much is coming out and going in.

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.

My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.

LearnVest provides women with the necessary tools and resources to manage their personal finances; its core mission, to positively contribute to society through education and, ultimately, the promotion of self-sufficient and financially aware women.

How many people out there really set a budget?

If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

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.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

The most important thing that I did was to actually take the time to sit down every month and do a review of what I spent and look at it objectively.

I hope I haven't spent more than $1,000 on mugs.

Today, there's no excuse for not learning how to get our financial houses in order. Some of us close our eyes, take a deep breath and say a prayer when it comes to managing our finances.

Somebody said, 'Roger doesn't know how to spend money.' And I thought, 'I don't spend money because I don't have it!' If I had it, I could spend money! That's about the only time I was told that!

More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went.