Alexander Hamilton Quote

Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish; and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.

James Madison Quote

The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

No nation was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the most disadvantageous.

Remember, time is money.

They that give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.

George Washington Quotes

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!

The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth.

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

John Adams Quote

National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

Thomas Paine Quote

Those who expect to reap the benefits of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

The Arbor Investment Planner wasn’t around when our founding fathers gave us these words of wisdom. But I’m sure they would have recommended a sound and risk adverse strategy similar to my philosophy.

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Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven’t earned one.

H.W. Lewis

Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Proverbs 13:11

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipation of others.

John Maynard Keynes

The safe time to invest is when there is blood in the streets.

Mark Mobius

Investing is something you do to become wealthy, not something you do once you become wealthy.

Unknown

But divide your investments among many places, for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

An Investor without investment objectives is like a traveler without a destination.

Ralph Segar

In the old days a man who saved money was a miser: nowadays he’s a wonder.

Author Unknown

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

Peter Lynch

Do not value money for any more nor any less than its’ worth; it is a good servant but a bad master.

Alexandre Dumas

More Money Proverbs

Those who fail to prepare, are preparing to fail.

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven’t earned one.

H.W. Lewis

An investor without investment objective is like a traveler without a destination.

Ralph Seger

Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Proverbs 13:11

Time minimizes the risk of good investments.

Unknown

It’s time, not timing, that makes money in the market.

Smart investing is like good nutrition. Unfortunately, too many investors start with desert.

Investing is something you do to become wealthy, not something to do once you become wealthy.

If little money does not go out, great money will not come in.

A saving man becomes a free man.

Chinese Proverb

The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

Peter Lynch

The herd instinct is the strongest emotion especially dangerous in investing.

Don’t invest your money on the advice of a poor man.

Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master.

Alexandre Dumas

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Additional Money Proverbs 

Debt is normal. Be weird.

Dave Ramsey

Debt is dumb, Cash is King.

Dave Ramsey

The borrower is servant to the lender.

The Bible

Debt can turn a free, happy person into a bitter human being.

Michael Mihalik

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Adam Smith

It is the debtor that is ruined I hard times.

President Rutherford B. Hayes

In God we trust, all others pay cash.

American Proverb

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.

American Proverb

It is poor judgment to countersign another’s note, to become responsible for his debts.

The Bible

When a man is in love or in debt, some else has the advantage.

Bill Balance

A man in debt is caught in a net.

English Adage

National Debt

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

Daniel Hannan

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

Bill Clinton

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse.

James Madison

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Herbert Hoover

No currency can hold up in the face of an economy that survives on borrowed money and debt.

Richard Russell

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The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

Sir John Templeton

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.

Warren Buffett

Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Proverbs 13:11

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.

Donald Trump

Rule # 1: Never lose money. Rule # 2: Never forget rule No. 1.

Warren Buffett

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Benjamin Franklin

Goodness is the only investment which never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

EARN as much as you can.

SAVE as much as you can.

INVEST as much as you can.

GIVE as much as you can.

Rev. John Wellesly

The secret of making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

Peter Lynch

The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.

Benjamin Graham

Debt is normal. Be weird.

Dave Ramsey

Debt is dumb. Cash is king.

Dave Ramsey

The borrower is servant to the lender.

The Bible

Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.

Peter Lynch

Bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered.

Wall Street Maxim quoted by Jim Cramer

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Waste your money and you’re out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.

Michael Leboeuf

The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

John Templeton

Money is neither my god or my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it’s greedy or loving.

Dan Millman

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

Those who fail to prepare, are preparing to fail.

Unknown

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese Proverb

When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?

Rene Rivken

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

Bill Clinton

If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

Dick Vermeil

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

James Burgh

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Unknown

Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.

Warren Buffett

It is poor judgment to countersign another’s note, to become responsible for his debts.

Bible

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage.

Bill Balance

But divide your investments among many places, for you do not know what risks might lie ahead. (Principle of diversification)

Ecclesiastes 11:2

The way of the fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Proverbs 12:15

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

Proverbs 13:22

Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

Proverbs 13:11

Without consultation, plans are frustrated, but with many counselors they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

The naive inherit foolishness. But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:18

The prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

Proverbs 22:3

Know well the conditions of your flocks (stocks), and pay close attention to your herds (portfolio).

Proverbs 27:23

Income from charging high interest rates (usury) will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever is faithful with very little is also faithful with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with very little is dishonest with a lot.

Luke 16:10

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Proverbs 19:20

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Proverbs 21:20

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Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Be sure to put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm against a hostile wind.

Abraham Lincoln

The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash.

That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Abraham Lincoln

Time minimizes the risk of good investments.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

I am careful to not confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence,

I can reach for, perfection is God’s business.

Michael J. Fox

A rising tide lifts all boats.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

James Burgh

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Benjamin Franklin

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Adam Smith

Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

George Washington

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipation of others.

John Maynard Keynes

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett

The love of money is the root of all evil.

1 Timothy 6:10 Bible

It’s time, not timing, that makes money in the market.

Investing in stock is like growing vegetables in a garden. You need to give your investments time to grow and ride out some bad weather.

The safe time to invest is when there is blood in the streets.

Mark Mobius

Investing is something you do to become wealthy, not something you do once you become wealthy.

When to stay and when to leave is the critical choice when there is a storm.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

There are two times when people forget their investment principles: at the top of the market and at the bottom.

Phillip A. Lowe

Never invest in anything that promises to change your life, because it probably will, for the worse.

Predicting rain doesn’t count, building an ark does.

Laszio Birinyi

The only ones that get hurt on a roller coaster are the jumpers.

Paul Harvey

In almost every other walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices.

James Grant

A correction takes place to determine which investments are the tennis balls and which are the eggs. You want to own the things that bounce, as in tennis balls and not in eggs.

William Berger

Most people ignore probabilities and exaggerate risk.

Ralph Wanger