Paul Martin Quotes

I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.

Don't take risk, and don't get into debt.

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

Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

By teaching twenty-something year olds responsible debt management practices, we can help them create a balanced lifestyle and find peace of mind through increased financial awareness, smart saving and long-term investing.

Learn how to prioritize all your debt. And did you know student loan debt is the most dangerous debt any of us can have?

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

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

All but a very few of us are in debt. We exist as entities who borrow money and spend the rest of our lives making interest payments on a debt tally that never seems to budge. Whatever wealth we have, in labor, property or cash, is suctioned to the top.

I'm the king of debt.

Your FICO score is an "I love debt" score. You're going to pay a bazillion dollars in interest to keep your FICO score up in order to have lower homeowner's and car insurance rates.

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

Keep your debt low, and ask, Can your operational expertise make an impact? Then you're taking away a lot of the risk.

When you're levered 9 to 1, it'd be unreal for a bank to go down.

An improving credit landscape means fewer loans are delinquent - and fewer people are needed to service these loans.

Borrowing isn't inherently bad; it depends a lot on what the debt is financing.

You [Donald Trump] call yourself the King of Debt. You talk about leverage. You even at one time suggested that you would try to negotiate down the national debt of the United States.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Would I advise early-stage companies against taking debt? One hundred percent yes.

I love, love, love that you want to use your debit card. But to keep your credit score solid, you still need to keep a few credit cards and use them at least once every few months.

If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 90 days.