James Altucher Quotes

I'm making my money make money.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

A true capitalist doesn't have a job, because other people and other people's money work for them.

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.

I never do anything to make money. I do make money, but that's because I do something. Big difference.

One pillar to wealth is having residual income.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

You'll never get rich by working for your boss.

Money begets money. If you don't have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that's generating income for yourself.

The rich don't work for money - the rich invent money.

To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.

I want to be a millionaire, and I don't ever want a real job.

To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.

You don’t get rich off your day job, you get rich off your homework.

Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.