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“Financial education is one of the most powerful tools to fight inequality. When people understand how to manage their resources, they can build a fairer and more prosperous future for everyone.”

Autor desconocido (Anonymous)

Autor desconocido (Anonymous)

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

American author; he collected it from his mother in P.S. I Love You (1990)

“Never make fun of people for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading. Never make fun of the way someone spends their money. It means they learned it by living.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“The biggest risk is not owning shares.”
Scott Pape

Scott Pape

Australian author, journalist, and financial educator

“People who succeed don't have more willpower than you: they just develop better daily routines and habits…”
Scott Pape

Scott Pape

Australian author, journalist, and financial educator

“Inflation is like a moving treadmill. Prices don't stand still…”
Scott Pape

Scott Pape

Australian author, journalist, and financial educator

“Success isn’t found in the eyes of others: buying things you don’t need, with money you don’t have, to impress people you won’t know in 20 years’ time.”
Scott Pape

Scott Pape

Australian author, journalist, and financial educator

“Consistency is necessary, but it’s not sufficient to make it to a level that breaks you out in front of everyone else.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“If something isn’t working, don’t try harder or do more. Do something DIFFERENT.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Every failure contains valuable data that will point you in the right direction.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“The 85 Percent Solution: Getting started is more important than becoming an expert.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Make the right decisions in life and you’ll never have to worry about saving $3 a day on lattes.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“There is a limit to how much you can cut but there is no limit to how much you can earn.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t love.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“The single most important factor to getting rich is getting started, not being the smartest person in the room.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Define your Rich Life first. Then build a plan to get there.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Your Rich Life is yours alone. It’s not about what society says, it’s about what makes you say ‘Wow!’.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Rich is not a number. It’s a design for your life.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“A Rich Life is about spending extravagantly on the things you love, and cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t.”
Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

American author, entrepreneur, and media personality

“Once you understand how the system works, you stop fearing market volatility.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Financial independence is about freedom, not about being rich.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Low-cost index funds are the most powerful wealth-building tools ever created.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“You don’t need to be a genius to invest successfully. You need discipline.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Complexity is the enemy of execution.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“The stock market is a powerful wealth-building tool when you respect it, not when you try to outsmart it.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Time in the market beats timing the market.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“The simplest path to wealth is living below your means and investing the difference.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Investing doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, simplicity is one of the keys to success.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American writer and personal finance educator

“Living off investment income is a long-term process, not a stroke of luck.”
José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

Spanish financial education author

“Financial independence is more a matter of habits than income.”
José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

Spanish financial education author

“Financial freedom does not depend on how much you earn, but on how much you need to live.”
José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

Spanish financial education author

“The most important factor in benefiting from compound interest is time. Starting early is more important than investing large amounts.”
José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

José Antonio Jarque (Josan Jarque)

Spanish financial education author

“A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“One of the inane things that gets taught in modern university education is that a vast diversification is absolutely mandatory in investing in common stocks. That is an insane idea.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The rich buy assets. The poor and the middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“People often work harder than necessary because they learned to work hard, but not to make their money work hard for them.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“Anyone can see the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“Most people don’t realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class struggles in debt is that financial education is taught at home, not in school.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“When you are young, work to learn, not to earn.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“A person can be highly educated, professionally successful, and yet financially illiterate.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“An asset puts money in my pocket. A liability takes money out of my pocket.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“More money rarely solves someone’s financial problems.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“Complaining about your current situation in life is worthless. Stand up, get to work, and do something about it.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“The most destructive word in the world is ‘tomorrow.’”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“In the real world, it’s not the smart who get ahead, but the bold. In school, the smartest kids are those who make the fewest mistakes. In real life, the smartest are the ones who make the most mistakes and learn from them.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“Money can buy many things, none of which is more important than your financial independence.”
JL Collins

JL Collins

American investor and author

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.”
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

German theoretical physicist

“If you’re the kind of person who has no guts, you just wait for things to happen. You wait for the perfect job, the perfect opportunity. You wait for all the traffic lights to turn green before you start.”
Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki

American entrepreneur and investor

“Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

British economist

“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Wide diversification, which necessarily includes investment in mediocre businesses, only guarantees ordinary results.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“Diversification is for the know-nothing investor; it’s not for the professional.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The first $100,000 is a bitch, but you’ve got to do it. I don’t care what you have to do — if it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get your hands on $100,000 USD.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets — and can be lost in a heartbeat.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but in the waiting.”
Charles Thomas Munger

Charles Thomas Munger

American businessman, investor, attorney and philanthropist

“The most important decision you’ll ever make is who you marry.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“You don't have to be an expert on every company, or even many. You only have to be able to evaluate companies within your circle of competence.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it’s going up.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“Never invest in a business you cannot understand.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“You don’t have to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“One of the most powerful ways to increase your savings isn’t to raise your income. It’s to raise your humility.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“Risk is what’s left over when you think you’ve thought of everything.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“You can save money by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. And you will desire less if you care less about what other people think of you.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“For me, being financially independent doesn’t mean you stop working. It means you only do the work you like, with people you like, when you like, for as long as you like.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“The highest dividend money pays is the ability to control your time.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“Saving is the gap between your ego and your income.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“The highest form of wealth is the ability to control your time.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“The gap between income and spending is where real wealth lives.”
Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel

Investor and bestselling finance author

“Accumulate wealth silently instead of spending loudly.”

Autor desconocido (Anonymous)

Autor desconocido (Anonymous)

“One of the big secrets to growing wealth is never changing your fundamental lifestyle as the money piles up”
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary

Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary

Canadian entrepreneur and television personality

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

U.S. investor and businessman

“If you can’t explain it to a 10 year old in 2 minutes or less don’t own it.”
Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch

Professional investor, Author of investment books

“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”
Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn

Motivational Speaker

“You can live off half a million bucks and do nothing else to make money.”
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary

Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary

Canadian entrepreneur and television personality

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