Benjamin Franklin Quotes

If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.

You can't be in debt and win. It doesn't work.

I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.

I have never had personal debt and never will.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work.

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

There are no shortcuts when it comes to getting out of debt.

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.

You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.

Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

It's time to start thinking differently about money and debt and start the healing process - and the process toward wealth and freedom. 'Freedom from Bad Debt' can get you started.

My father wasn't allowing me control and the financial freedom that I was asking for. I was 17, about to be 18 within a year, so I started asking more questions because I felt that I needed to start learning about those things.

If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

We all think we're going to get out of debt.

I've always had an aversion to debt.

There's a lot of freedom in having nothing. You don't have responsibility. You have nobody to answer to. But I'd rather deal without the poverty.

When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.