Debt Consolidation Quotes

Bad debt is debt that makes you poorer. I count the mortgage on my home as bad debt, because I'm the one paying on it. Other forms of bad debt are car payments, credit card balances, or other consumer loans.

I was so deep in red ink coming out of ECW that I had to make a good solid living just to get my nose above the water line because of ECW.

Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

To suggest that we can't pay our debts - that's absolutely not true.

At my lowest point, I was nearly $700,000 in debt.

I'm the king of debt.

I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.

Some people are just stuck in their ways and have been brainwashed into believing that credit cards and debt are an unavoidable part of life.

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

Don't react with fear and panic in the face of debt collector threats. Talk to them and explain your situation. See if you can work out a compromise.

Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime; it taints the course of life in all its dreams.

Debt has become a part of who we are.

Debt is to man what the serpent is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave.

Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates.

A lower interest rate doesn't make a debt go away.

I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world.

You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.

Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It's a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can't get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.

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.

The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay.

When you are continuing to be in debt or are going deeper into it, every time a creditor calls, it rubs your face not only in how vulnerable you are, but that people are out to get something from you that you don't have to give.

If you are, consolidating at a lower interest rate can help you pay off your debt faster. But if there's even a small chance that you'll spiral back into debt, it's not for you.

Get out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a lot easier said than done. The middle class is under enormous pressure. But families can stop the bleeding by reducing their reliance on debt wherever they can. They can also start fighting back by taking a hard look at whom they do business with and rethinking whether they want tricks-and-traps banks to hold their money. They can also demand that public officials take the side of families over the side of banks.

If you put a purchase on a charge card, you're paying it off forever. You have to know how to pay it off before you go deeply in debt.