"When someone sues a wealthy individual they are often met with layers of legal protection, and often find that the wealthy person actually owns nothing. They control everything, but own nothing."

"A person can be highly educated, professionally successful and financially illiterate."

"More money seldom solves someone’s money problems. Intelligence solves problems."

"The poor and middle class all too often allow the power of money to control them. By simply getting up and working harder, failing to ask themselves if what they do makes sense, they shoot themselves in the foot as they leave for work every morning. By not fully understanding money, the vast majority of people allow the awesome power of money to control them. The power of money is used against them."

"They know that professional success is no longer solely linked to academic success, as it once was."

"Illiteracy, both in words and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle."

"Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know."

"The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems."

"A fool and his money is one big party."

"You will see things that other people never see."

"Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone."

"If you want to be rich, you need to be financially literate."

"Keep using your brain, work for free, and soon your mind will show you ways of making money far beyond what I could ever pay you."

"When we were told to follow set procedures and not deviate from the rules, we could see how this schooling process actually discouraged creativity."

"Keep working boys, but the sooner you forget about needing a paycheck, the easier your adult life will be."

"If you are going to build the Empire State Building, the first thing you need to do is dig a deep hole and pour a strong foundation. If you are going to build a home in the suburbs, all you need to do is pour a 6-inch slab of concrete. Most people, in their drive to get rich, are trying to build an Empire State Building on a 6-inch slab."

"You see with your mind what others miss with their eyes."

"[...]a person stops searching for information and knowledge of one’s self, ignorance sets in."

"Please don’t let money run your life."

"Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions."

"“The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich. It’s self-inflicted fear and ignorance that keeps people trapped."

"“I’ve met so many people who say, ‘Oh, I’m not interested in money.’ Yet they’ll work at a job for eight hours a day. That’s a denial of truth. If they weren’t interested in money, then why are they working?"

"‘Will a job be the best solution to this fear over the long run?’ In my opinion, the answer is ‘no.’"

"Choosing what we think rather than reacting to our emotions."

"An education and a job are important. But it won’t handle the fear."

"Most people never see the trap they are in."

"“Most people have a price. And they have a price because of human emotions named fear and greed."

"[...]they feel the fear of not having money. Instead of confronting the fear, they react instead of think."

"“Simply because it’s easier to learn to work for money, especially if fear is your primary emotion when the subject of money is discussed.”"

"You see, true learning takes energy, passion, a burning desire."

"Money is running their lives, and they refuse to tell the truth about that. Money is in control of their emotions and hence their souls.”"

"When it comes to money, most people want to play it safe and feel secure. So passion does not direct them. Fear does.”"

"‘Is working harder at this the best solution to this problem?’"

"“If you learn life’s lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it’s life that’s pushing.”"

"“Life pushes all of us around. Some give up. Others fight. A few learn the lesson and move on. They welcome life pushing them around. To these few people, it means they need and want to learn something. They learn and move on. Most quit, and a few like you fight.”"

"Most people want everyone else in the world to change but themselves."

"“But that is not how life teaches you, and I would say that life is the best teacher of all. Most of the time, life does not talk to you. It just sort of pushes you around. Each push is life saying, ‘Wake up. There’s something I want you to learn.’ ”"

"“The reason I must be rich is because I have you kids.”"

"“There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.”"

"Let me tell you, it’s easier to change yourself than everyone else.”"

"If you can’t make up you mind decisively, then you’ll never learn to make money anyway."

"Remember that financial intelligence is the mental process via which we solve our financial problems."

"As a process, choosing for myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long run, rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view."

"“I can’t afford it.” The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I say, “How can I afford it?” One is a statement, and the other is a question."