Charles J. Givens Quotes

Let's face it, we're not about to earn our way to wealth. That's a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we'll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone-no matter how big-isn't the answer.

Money is a big part of your life, and when you learn how to get your finances under control, all areas of your life will soar.

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

Percentages are why I am rich.

I've seen people be effective, even among local teams, by offering something that improves wellbeing in a small way - people who get passionate about smart investment strategies and managing finances for retirement, for example.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

I desire you to take care of our finances at home, without any interference on my part, who knows but you may yet become a female Rothschild.

I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it.

Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?'

The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.

If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very rich.

When you go to bed tonight, ask yourself 'What percentage of my day did I spend creating residual income?' If the answer is ZERO, you're in trouble.

The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn to work for money...but never learn to have money work for them.

Money is just a tool. It will take you anywhere you want, but you have to be the driver

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage. Making critical decisions about your career, business, investments and other resources conjures up fear, fear that is part of the process of becoming a financial success.

I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life.

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.