25 Inspirational Quotes on Wealth and Money

Making money and creating wealth is one of my weakest areas - knowledge wise - when it comes to self improvement.
So I thought it would be useful for me - and hopefully for you too - to put together a list of some of the best quotes on wealth and money that I have come across.
I especially like the ones by William A. Ward, Benjamin Franklin, Gandhi and the last one by Henry Ford.
Enjoy!

1. Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. William A. Ward

2. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

3. Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand

4. Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm

5. Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Jim Rohn

6. The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went. Unknown

7. I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. Robert Bosch

8. That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau

9. Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man. Kahlil Gibran

10. It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It’s the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford

11. Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Gandhi

12. When a fellow says it ain’t the money but the principle of the thing, it’s the money. Artemus Ward

13. He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all. Eleanor Roosevelt

14. Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience. P.T Barnum

15. Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt

16. Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

17. Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Norman Vincent Peale

18. If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. Simone Weil

19. It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. George Lorimer

20. Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. Benjamin Franklin

21. You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. Maya Angelou

22. Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are. James W. Frick

23. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

24. Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing. J. Paul Getty

25. If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Henry Ford

14 Inspirational Quotes on Understanding

1. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung

2. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie

3. Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done. Aaron Burr

4. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei

5. You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding. Guy Finley

6. Everyone hears only what he understands. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

7. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. Kahlil Gibran

8. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Marie Curie

9. Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly. Richard Bach

10. You do not understand even life. How can you understand death? Confucius

11. Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. H.H Williams

12. If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better. Lyndon Johnson

13. A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us. Friedrich Nietzsche

14. The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather what he does not say. Kahlil Gibran

10 Inspirational Quotes on Forgiveness

Here’s a small collection of quotes on forgiveness.

I especially like the quote by Catherine Ponder, it’s an accurate and useful observation of how things can work. And it’s a good reason to forgive.

1. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boose

2. When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.Catherine Ponder

3. The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbour as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves. Eric Hoffer

4. Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde

5. We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends. Sir. Francis Bacon

6. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

7. Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave. Ivern Ball

8. To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. Robert Muller

9. True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment. David Ridge

10. Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace. Leo Tolstoy

6 Quick and Powerful Tips on how to solve a problem

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”Albert Ellis
“Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make you strong.”Norman Vincent Peale
“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”Richard Bach

Are you having a problem in your life right now?

If so, maybe these six quick tips can help you to solve it a little bit easier.

1. First, ask yourself: is there really a problem here?
Often we create problems in our own heads – as I mentioned a bit in an earlier post things may not be as bad as we think – that aren’t really out there in reality. So relax a bit. And think about if this is really a big problem.
As yourself - Is it something that will matter in 5 years? Or even in 5 weeks? Or even in five days? Life becomes so less stressful when you stop making mountains out of molehills (or just out of thin air).

2. Accept it.
When you accept that the problem already exists and stop resisting then you also stop putting more energy into the problem and “feeding it”.
Now it just exists (well, more or less, you might still feel a bit down about it). You can use the energy you previously fed the problem with – the energy that probably made the problem look bigger than it was – to find creative solutions to the challenge.

3. Ask for help.
You can ask people for advice on what to do and what they did in similar situations. But you can also ask for more practical help. You don’t have to solve every problem on your own and sometimes it feels better to have someone by your side, even if it is just for emotional support.
If you just ask you may find that people will often be willing to help you out.

4. Use 80 percent of your time to find solutions.
And only 20 percent to complain, worry and whine. It might not always be easy but focusing your energy, time and thoughts in this way is much more beneficial for you and others than doing the opposite.

5. Break the problem down into smaller pieces.
Solving a problem can sometimes seem overwhelming and impossible. To decrease anxiety and think more clearly break the problem down. Identify the different parts it consists of. Then figure out one practical solution you can take for each of those parts. Use those solutions.
They may not solve the whole problem immediately, but these solutions can get you started and might solve a few pieces of the problem.

6. Find the opportunity and/or lesson within the problem.
I have found that there is almost always a positive side to a problem. Perhaps it alerts us of a great way to improve our business or relationships. Or teaches us how our lives perhaps aren’t as bad as we thought.
Finding this more positive part of the problem reduces its negative emotional impact. You may even start to see the situation as a great opportunity for you.

When you are faced with a problem ask yourself:
-What is the good thing about this?
-What can I learn from this?
-What hidden opportunity can I find within this problem?