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

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 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.

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.

It's all about sound. It's that simple.

I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt.

Having two children with autism, it makes you really think about how we do relate to each other.

The first glimpse that we have of the notions which the Greeks possessed of the shape and the inhabitants of the earth is afforded by the poems passing under the name of Homer.

I loved doing 'Teachers.' I don't know if it's set me on a road, but it certainly got me out of financial penury for two years. But as much as I love it - and it's a huge sacrifice - as much as I love it, I'm in acting because I'm searching to do lots of different things.

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

Socialism is the abolition of human self-alienation, the return of man as a real human being.

The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control but then guide the horse with loose reins and seldom use the spurs.

When trust improves, the mood improves.

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.

Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

I like to stay balanced in life, so I don't have to do some radical diet. I love my job, and I obviously want to feel good when I am working, but I also want to feel energized and agile all the time. As a New Yorker, I live in the land of plenty, and yet every day I see people who could use a good meal.

I think when you follow a band, you're following a - and I don't like to use the term 'brand,' but you are following a kind of style, if you like. So I think you have to accept that there will be different people involved from time to time.

The basic human reaction to pleasure is not satisfaction but rather craving for more. Hence no matter what we achieve it only increases our craving not our satisfaction.

I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they are, and yet they're very powerful in our lives.

For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Nobody is actually a natural C.E.O.

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.