“People from different generations, raised by different parents who earned different incomes and held different values, in different parts of the world, born into different economies, experiencing different job markets with different incentives and different degress of luck, learn very different lessons.”
“Getting money is one thing.
Keeping it is another”
Source: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“Getting money requires taking risks, being optimistic, and putting yourself out there.
But keeping money require the opposite of taking risk. It requires humility, and fear that what you've made can be taken away from you just as fast. It requires frugality and an acceptance that at least some of what you've made is attributable to luck, so past success can't be relied upon to repeat indefinitely.”
Source: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, "I can do whatever I want today.”
Source: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“The Word of God is able to guide people on how to love genuinely. It offers a solid foundation and a bond that goes on continuously.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“Happiness is a complicated subject because everyone's different. But if there's a common denominator in happiness - a universal fuel of joy - it's that people want to control their lives.”
Source: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless. It is the highest divident money pays.”
Source: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
“Oh, and you accuse me of flattery! Here I waddle about like a fat old duck and you try to tell me I'm lovely.”
Source: City of Dragons
“I am surprised at how many people in their thirties onward appear to own no assets!”
“Rachel slid inside her silver Kia and slammed the car door, grateful that the museum’s security guard was now watching from a distance. If he hadn’t been, she might have acted on a homicidal impulse and run Chase over, the manipulative jerk. In fact, it made her feel better just to imagine it.”
Source: Severed Threads