Jacob J. Lew Quotes

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.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.

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

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

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

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?

Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories about the things that we want. So you go through your bank account, and those are things you have told stories about.

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.

I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field.

Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.

What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

Is there ever enough money to do what you want to do?

All progress is based upon the universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

Some folks can have all the money in the world, and still not know what to do with it.

I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.

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

I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'

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.