Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

I must know every aspect of my personal finances. Managing your money will help you make your money work for you.

Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.

I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

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.

It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

When it comes to money, I can earn it.

I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'

There were a lot of assumptions that we were raised a certain way. Our dad was always really clear with us that he is rich and we are not: 'If you want to be rich, you should go do what I did, which is work really hard.'

I've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

I'm completely irresponsible, I'm afraid. I'm ignorant about money as a commodity - I have never really understood it.

At base, financial literacy is inextricably connected to control over one's future.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

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.

People who don't get rich are lazy or just have other priorities.

I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.