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.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.

Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder.

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.

Even with G.O.O.D. Music, we have artists that have done very well, and we've had artists that haven't. Being attached to Kanye is only going to get you so far. You've still got to have the records and the talent and the artistry on your own to carry it.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Men over 60 often think that if they wear athletic shoes - soft-soled referee shoes or hiking shoes or actual running shoes - then they will look more youthful. The contrary is true.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesnt do it very well.

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

Kids feel like they have to puff up or shrink. These reclusive qualities begin to develop because you feel that who you are is going to either be accepted or rejected by your family and friends.

Monsters have always been built in this sport. I just don't believe the hype. You've got to show me.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

To me, the idea of living this lifestyle is so boring that I would prefer to read Marcel Proust the whole time during a tour.

God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.

No lies, just love.

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

Why your eyes are like sapphires sparkling so bright.

Everything that happened last year stays in the past.