Would you have thought that piling up money and getting more of it actually gets rid of it fastest? Of course No, we as people trying to attain financial independence think that more money means a brighter future. However, the recipe is not to pile it up but to be smart.

The basic lesson for any person striving to achieve financial independence is to understand the difference between an asset and liability. Focus on things that put money on the table (Asset) and avoid things that remove it (Liability).

Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep.

Most of the people don't even realize that there is a way to earn money without being employed. The rich ones do, they have been given this knowledge by their parents and you need to get that knowledge too.

All it takes to start your own business is ambition and drive and nothing else. Don't play safe, take risks.Don't think "I cant afford it" but figure out and find the answer to "How can i afford it".

Invest your time and energy building for your own self, starting your business, own a corporation. Enjoy the tax breaks that you will never get as an employee, even if you business were to go down, your house will still be safe. Be smart about it and gain eternal financial security.

Work on interpersonal and persuasion skills. If you can master the art of selling a product, you will find yourself in a sea of opportunities waiting to be grabbed. Invent money, discover new ways, don't be stricken by the stereotypes because there is always way.

Treat all your jobs as a learning platform for yourself. Don't make your life about earning bread and butter, strengthen the will to grow and prepare yourself to endure, because it is hard but so much worth it.

If you’re the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you’re that kind of person, you’ll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then, you die a boring old man.

The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant.

Building something from scratch and holding onto your determination no matter what is all that it takes. You will fall, but you need to get up, whether its your financial life or social life. Stick to this.

In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

As I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't, but it wasn't hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

I'm a big fan of Michael Morpurgo.

Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.

The white man, in his press, is going to identify me with 'hate.'

Howard Marks is a great friend and a great Welshman.

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But its 15 years from now.

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.

When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you.

I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.

I'd love to do some theater.

The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.

I love Slipknot. But then I like Jao Gilberto... It's the spirit that comes through in music.

Your anger against every form of insult and oppression must be out of love.

A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect heal and strengthen.

We must be willing to courageously invest in our city.

Most people live their life around what other people do.

We don't laugh because we're happy “ we're happy because we laugh.

On a daily basis, I pay almost no attention to the macro.

I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.

We should be recklessly abandoned to Jesus, and just turn it over to Him. Through the support I think the sacrifices will be made and we'll all be cool with it.

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

I can be just a touch controlling!