J. J. Cale Quotes

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

Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.

The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.

Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

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

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

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

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.

I'm making better than two million a year, but it's hard work. The luxuries and pleasures I enjoy in my spare time keep me in condition to do that work. Carnegie and Frick have more money than I have, but I'm getting more value for my dollars than they are.

If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and getting that bread.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

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

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.

When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

People don't mind if you have a lot of money if they know you're working for it.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.

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.