Dave Ramsey Quotes

Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want

People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.

We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.

Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it's gonna break. You got your biggest, fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It's got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going to go out. Or go to a yacht basin any place in the world. Nobody is smiling, and I'll tell you why. Something broke that morning. The generator's out; the microwave oven doesn't work . . . Things just don't mean happiness.

We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.

You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding boss, or a more interesting partner, then their life would work. We all go through that one. Slowly we wear out most of our 'if onlies.'

By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for fulfillment that could not so easily be contained by products.

It must be horrible to do things that you don't like hoping to please other people, and they don't like it either, and you've got to eat it.

We always want more. Whether it is better clothes, a bigger house, faster cars, or the latest gadgets, satisfaction in these days of consumerism is difficult to find.

The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.

They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.

No matter how many luxuries you get, something will be missing. No matter how carefully you choose, you'll never be totally happy.

...thinking all this maximalism would somehow generate happiness?

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

A new car is not going to change your life.

Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?

I'm not an overly material person. Sure, I like certain comforts in life. But buying a lot of 'things' doesn't produce happiness for me.