15 statements from the richest people in the world who know exactly how to achieve financial heights.
The way you think about money can affect your chances of getting rich.
So why not turn to those who have already achieved financial heights in search of inspiration?
We've collected 15 quotes from the world's richest people, from investor Warren Buffett to a tech tycoon. Jeff Bezos. These billionaire quotes can change the way you think about business, investing, and success.
“I never wanted to just start a company. Many people mistakenly think that I am not interested in income, profit and everything like that. But in fact, to me, being “more than just a company” also means creating something truly important that will change the world forever,” - Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.
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“When a small business grows into something big, like eBay did, it starts a chain reaction. This creates other small companies that create intellectual capital, products and services,” Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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“I'll tell you how to get rich. Close the doors. Be afraid when others are overwhelmed by greed. And be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
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“There are very few people in the world who have managed to create a business like ours. I’m just not interested in losing this for short-term profit,” Evan Spiegel, head of Snap Inc., on refusing to sell his business to Facebook.
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“I owe my financial success to the fact that money has never come first in my life,” Oprah Winfrey, media mogul.
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"Here's what I think: what more money you give to people, the more they will spend. And if they don’t spend it, they’ll invest it in something. Investing is another way to create jobs. The money ends up in mutual funds or banks, which can use it to make loans, which benefits everyone,” Mark Bloomberg, CEO of Bloomberg LP.
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“If money were our main goal in life, we would have sold the company long ago and would now be sunbathing on the beach,” Larry Page, co-founder and head of Alphabet Inc.
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“I think frugality promotes innovation - as well as other constraining factors. There are only a few ways to get out of a difficult situation, and one of them is to invent your own way to do it,” Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.
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“We constantly hear the phrase that money can’t buy happiness. But deep down I still thought that money could make you at least a little happier. In fact, this is not so,” Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and president of Alphabet Inc.
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“Nowadays everyone can earn good money. It is much more difficult to have a stable income, feel responsible to society and change the world for the better,” Jack Ma, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group.
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“Money doesn’t make you different, it makes you more of who you already are,” Sarah Blakely, founder of Spanx.
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“I’m a little stingy, but so what? When I'm about to spend my money on something, I wonder if IKEA customers can afford it... I can fly first class all the time, but just because you have a lot of money is no reason to splurge. A good leader must give correct example to others. It is my duty to be that person for all IKEA employees,” - Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
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These people were able to achieve incredible heights. Their fortune amounts to billions, and their names appear on the first lines in the Forbes lists. How were they able to achieve this? Perhaps this can be partly understood by reading their own statements.
Henry Ford
- Every failure is an opportunity to start again, but this time more wisely.
- An idealist is a person who helps others get rich.
- When I don't control events, then they control me.
Thomas Edison
- The biggest mistake is that we quickly give up when we should just try again.
- I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways that don't work.
- Never invent something for which there is no demand.
Warren Buffett
- Don't trust investments that generate applause. Best Investments cause yawning.
- Be in the company of people better than yourself, and then you will rush in the same direction.
- Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Always remember rule number one.
Steve Jobs
- If this day is the last of my life, will I do what I planned?
- Most often, people don’t understand what they really need until you show it to them.
- The main thing that separates successful entrepreneurs from losers is persistence.
Bill Gates
- Enjoy what you do, and then you will never have to work in your life.
- Your most unhappy customers are your most main source for studying.
- Life is unfair - deal with it!
Elon Musk
- If something doesn't fail, it means it's not innovative enough.
- Starting a business depends more on the dedication of people than on the product they sell.
- You have to be Thomas Edison, not Nikola Tesla. The first one knew how to sell.
Donald Trump
- Confidence is a magnet that will definitely attract people to you.
- Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
- There's nothing worse for business than inventing great idea, and not try to implement it.
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“Success is a crappy teacher. It provokes sensible people to think that they cannot lose.” Bill Gates.
“You know, if you manage to overcome cancer, all other tasks immediately become trivial.” David Koch.
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“My father taught me that constant self-development and experimentation are the most important things in life. This is something you should always stick to - try to learn something new." Robson Walton.
“Once you understand that errors in judgment and assessment of the environment are part of the human essence, getting into trouble ceases to be something shameful. Provided there is an opportunity to improve.” George Soros.
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“Live to do what you want, to leave your mark - if you believe in the importance and rightness of your choices - The best way live the right life." Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve's widow.
“For me, America is a country where if you have something to offer the world, success is guaranteed.” Tadashi Yanai.
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“The vision is perhaps ours main strength. Imagination and representation are the living power that has helped ensure the continuity of wisdom through the centuries and gives us a chance to see the future. And even look into the unknown.” Li KaShing.
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“I don’t like paying taxes. But I prefer to sleep with a clear conscience.” Leonardo Del Vecchio.
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“If you change the world, you work on important things. And inspiration wakes you up in the morning.” Larry Page.
“I would rather enjoy a good hunt than a comfortable life after a glorious victory.” Carl Icahn.
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“Strive for the company of those superior to you. Focus on such people as guiding beacons and then you will drift in the right direction.” Warren Buffett.
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“Between your business and your life there is an immutable conflict, an eternal struggle between chaos and peace. It is impossible to choose one side, but you still have the chance to use the influence of each to find the key to success.” Phil Knight.
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"Like other restrictions, frugality is driving force innovation. If you're confined to a rigid box, you have to create your own way out." Jeff Bezos.
“In a sense, our struggle never ends because we never get absolutely everything we want. And life has taught me that giving up right away is very stupid, since almost nothing succeeds on the first try.” Mukesh Ambani.
“One of my most important responsibilities is to manage my assets wisely. So that they generate new values.” Alice Walton.
“Do not link your personal interests with the development of your business structure.” Wang Jianlin.
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“When you encounter something new, you have two options: embrace and lead the innovation, or become a fast, active follower. Otherwise, you will be a copycat, following the trend.” Charlie Ergen.
“The biggest risk is being afraid to take risks. In a world that is changing so rapidly, there is only one strategy for guaranteed failure: don’t take risks.” Mark Zuckerberg.
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“Speaking from the position of a manager, you must be able to look at the situation through the eyes of the performers, conduct a dialogue with creative forces" Bernard Arnault.
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“The credo of success for great companies is that they start with great leaders.” Steve Ballmer.
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“I have all the flaws needed to be successful.” Larry Ellison.
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“Of course, everyone wants to become successful. In addition, I want to look back and see how my innovations changed the world, without sliding into obscurantism and cynicism.” Sergey Brin.
“And because it doesn’t matter who you are, if you believe strongly in yourself and your dream, New York will always be open to you.” Michael Bloomberg.
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“Help the young ones. Help insignificant people. Because they will grow up and become major figures. And the seeds that you sowed in them then will later help them change this world.” Jack Ma.
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“Three short years spent at Harvard, among excellent people, taught me not only the art of choosing partners. I also realized that I could develop this skill - if you interact a lot with the best, you begin to have excellent knowledge of personnel.” Jorge Paulo Lehmann.
Whether you're planning for retirement or about to start new business, financial literacy will be useful to you in any case. Richest people planets - from Warren Buffett to Richard Branson - started small but became successful thanks to the ability to manage their money.
Let's learn from the professionals. We present you quotes about money from millionaires and billionaires.
Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman and investor:
“It’s not about how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how effectively it works for you, and how many generations after you can use it.”
Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team:
“It doesn’t matter how you live, what car you drive or what clothes you wear. The more you think about the price, the harder it becomes for you to focus on your goals. The less money you spend on living, the more options you have.”
Warren Buffett, the world's largest investor:
“Never become dependent on a single source of income. Invest to create a second source.”
Dave Ramsey, entrepreneur and author of Show Me the Money! A Complete Guide to Business Management for the Entrepreneur Leader:
"The essence financial well-being- not in buying different things. It's about learning to spend less on life than you earn, and investing the rest. Without this you will not win."
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist:
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“To be successful, sometimes you have to take big risks.”
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple:
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; This can only be done by looking back. So you need to trust that the facts will connect in the future. You need to believe in something - in your strength, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This way of looking at things has never let me down, and thanks to this I have achieved everything in my life.”
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin:
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“You shouldn’t go into business just for the money. If this is yours the main objective, better do something else."
Every person, or almost everyone, has some spark of talent. But the reality is that only a few can achieve success. Because to achieve success you need not only talent, but also great hard work, luck, perseverance and perseverance, ambition, dexterity and intelligence, and much more.
We are lucky that people who have achieved success and realized their dreams have shared their thoughts, secrets and recipes with us. Now we can read quotes from millionaires and say to ourselves, “I can do this too.” This is the main motivational impact of any statements successful people. Most of us are not given the opportunity to live through the same experience and become a participant in the same big financial game. But we can learn from the experiences of others and adopt a lot of useful conclusions that remain relevant in any era.
Why don't we walk along smart heads? But, you must admit, it’s strange to read and perceive quotes from a person without knowing his success story. Notes from millionaires and quotes become several times more interesting as soon as you learn about their biographies and often very difficult life path. Here is a list best quotes and a story about their authors.
Half of his life this man went to wealth and financial independence. Although I learned the basics of my strategy and motivation at school. Since childhood, the boy was interested in the psychology of achieving success and wealth, loved reading biographies and quotes about millionaires.
We are slaves to our habits. Change your habits, your life will change.
Robert Kiyosaki received an excellent education as the son of the Florida Secretary of Education. He worked on an oil ship, served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunship pilot, and worked for Xerox as a sales agent. Robert tried his hand at entrepreneurship several times: manufacturing and selling leather goods, nylon goods, licensed production of T-shirts and T-shirts for music fans. With the growing popularity of stock trading, he started playing on the stock exchange, but due to the wrong investment strategy, he lost all his property and remained in debt. This deep personal crisis gave rise to the success of Robert Kiyosaki as one of the most popular business teachers today and the creator of the first school financial literacy.
It's not about how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how effectively it works for you, and how many generations after you can use it.
The ability, once at the bottom, to extract main lesson and turning defeat into victory made Kiyosaki a millionaire. His poverty-wealth philosophy and investing strategies have remained among the most popular millionaire quotes for over a decade.
If money is not in the first place in your head, then it will not stick to your hands. And if they don’t stick to your hands, then both money and people with money will stay away from you.
Greek entrepreneur, owner of a tanker fleet and an airline, hotels and casinos in Monaco, one of the largest investors of the 50-60s of the 20th century.
As a hereditary entrepreneur, Aristotle Onassis had everything necessary qualities character for phenomenal success. The difficult trials of his youth - the capture of family members by the Turks, the ruin of his father’s business and leaving home at the age of 17 - only hardened young man and instilled in him an invincible desire to get rich despite any obstacles.
We must free ourselves from the hope that the sea will ever calm down. We must learn to sail in strong winds.
Natural charm, colossal diligence and the ability to find benefits for himself in any situation quickly paved the way for him in big business. In Argentina, in a short period of time, he transformed from a waiter into the owner of the most famous tobacco shop in the city.
Don't sleep too much and don't tell anyone about your problems.
At the height of the Great Depression and then World War II, he became the largest shipowner. He married the wife of his worst enemy, Jacqueline Kennedy. He eventually died in 1975, giving away a significant portion of his fortune to charity.
The life of this man is like an incredible turbulent cycle. Philanthropist, millionaire, playboy, and his quotes left a great intellectual legacy that everyone should take on board.
At a certain point, you will begin to understand that money is not the goal, it will no longer matter to you at all. The process of creating a business itself is what truly captivates.
Oil tycoon, one of the first billionaires, art collector. In 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him the richest man in the world.
The son of an oil tycoon, Paul Getty, was dedicated to the family business from childhood: he understood all the intricacies of oil production, his hobby was geological research, and he earned his first capital from shares purchased from his father while still a child.
Formula for success: get up early, work hard, find an oil field.
He began to make his fortune during the Great Depression, without hesitation buying up all the assets from ruined competitors. Already in 1949, he turned from a millionaire into a billionaire and the richest man in the world.
Opportunities to make a decent profit are always there, you just need to recognize them and use them.
He was extremely stingy and never spent money on charity. However, he managed to leave a valuable legacy in the form of a unique collection of art objects, which became the basis of the Getty Museum.
To become a billionaire, you first need luck, a significant dose of knowledge, a huge capacity for work, I emphasize HUGE, but most importantly, the most important thing - you must have the mentality of a billionaire. The billionaire mentality is a state of mind in which you focus all your knowledge, all your skills, all your skills on achieving your goal. This is what will change you.
The life story of this man is an example of how an absolute focus on results can overshadow all other interests and values in life, but very quickly lead to unprecedented success. But for this you probably need to be not completely human, but a calculating and pragmatic machine. But it is all the more interesting to study the notes of a millionaire, read his quotes and reasoning regarding capital.
An entrepreneur from Great Britain, the founding father of the diversified corporation Virgin Group, one of the most eccentric millionaires in the world.
Many people are very familiar with the story from Richard Branson’s school childhood. Thanks to his restlessness, common problems With his behavior, as well as reform and innovative initiatives, he gained fame as a rebel. During the farewell ceremony for the school, the director spoke about Branson's future: that he would either go to prison or become a millionaire.
My biggest motivation? Just keep challenging yourself. I look at life as an endless university study that I never had: every day I learn something new.
Already as a student, Richard began to burst out with business ideas and immediately implement them. Youth magazine Student, consulting student center, his own music store, and then a recording studio - all this while Richard was not yet 30.
I believe that putting in hours is a betrayal of the universal entrepreneurial spirit.
Virgin's continued diversification of its business is surprising. Endlessly successive startups in real estate, retail trade of all kinds of goods from books to alcohol, insurance, mobile connection. Whatever Richard Branson undertook, it was not always a long-term success. Later he created his own airline, and then a travel company organizing trips to outer space. Today this unique entrepreneur is occupied environmental projects, and he invests profits from numerous diversified companies into organizations involved in resolving global conflicts.
First of all, you want to create something that you will be proud of. This has always been my business philosophy. I can honestly say that I have never been in business to make money. If this is the only motive, then it is better to do nothing.
The story of Richard Branson is an example of how a person is able to achieve certain success in any area by showing genuine and sincere interest in it.
The most powerful motivation
The best kick, the most powerful motivation for a person when he is on the verge of great achievements or, conversely, driven into a corner by life - this is the real experience of great people. If you can't find the strength to change your life, don't know where to start - read the statements of successful people.
No matter how tough the race of life may be, you should always have the dream you had when it all began. This will help you stay motivated and keep you from having weak thoughts.
