Will Smith Quotes

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

Once you're a saver, you're always a saver. At the end of the day, it's more money in your pocket.

If you save your money right, you can have what you want.

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses!

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.

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.

Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.