Money Quotes

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Last Updated: May 17, 2026


Quote of the Day

“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.”

– Linus Torvalds, Founder of Linux


“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.”

– Sigmund Freud, Philosopher


Regarding the burden of high awareness: he who sees too much ends up not fitting in anywhere”

– Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher


“Negotiations are won by whoever cares less.”

– Naval Ravikant, Entrepreneur


“Sales cures all. No sales, no company.”

– Mark Cuban, Serial Entrepreneur


“If your customer buys once, you made a sale. If they came back, you built trust. If they tell others, you built a brand.”

– Steve Jobs, Founder or Apple and Pixar


“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

– Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father


“If you try to please everyone, you will please no one.”

– Attributed to Aesop, Ancient Greek Storyteller


“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines.”

Charlie Munger, Investor


“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.”

– Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States


“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything”

– John Wooden, Legendary Basketball Coach


“Go do something great and your network will instantly emerge.”

– Naval Ravikant


“Sell to the classes, eat with the masses; sell to the masses, eat with the classes.”

– Henry Ford, Industrialist


“Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.”

Charlie Munger, Investor


“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”

– W. Edwards Deming, Statistician


“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”

Milton Friedman, Economist


“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.”

– Bob Hope, Comedian


“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.”

– Earl Wilson, Journalist


“Starting a company is like staring into the abyss and eating glass.”

– Elon Musk, Entrepreneur


“Without customers, you don’t have a business. You have a hobby.”

– Don Peppers and Martha Rogers


“It’s difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

– Upton Sinclair, Author


“It’s as hard to start a small business as it is a big one. You will suffer the same toll financially and psychologically to bring it into existence. So if you were going to dedicate yourself to a business you should choose one with the potential to be huge”

Stephen A. Schwarzman, Financier


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