55 Quotes About Investing

Financial freedom is crucial to our happiness. It’s hard to imagine life without the freedom to spend our time on things we love, instead of working a job we hate. But while financial independence is a great goal, it’s not a guarantee of a happy life. There are a lot of ways to go about achieving financial independence, so we’ve put together this collection of quotes about investing and saving money for people who want to start investing for their future without having to know anything about stocks or bonds.

When you work on something that only has the capacity...
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When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work — the most you will make is 5 dollars. Idowu Koyenikan
If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.
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If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Some people will each start investing more of their salary on ‘their’ house and spending less of it on ‘their’ car or cars only when they start being able to take ‘their’ house to work, funerals, weddings, etc. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away–and that would be the greatest waste of all. Richie Norton
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Every cent you own and every moment you spend is always an investment. Natalie Pace
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Your assets are your employees. Invest more on those performing well. Let the non performers go. Manoj Arora
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Creativity doesn’t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes from voraciously reading books–long books that require focused attention. It comes from meaningful discourse with other intellectually curious people. It comes from listening and asking good questions. Joshua Rogers
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Entrepreneurship is when an individual retrieves a red hot idea from the creativity furnace without the constraint of the heat of lean resources, and with each persistent blow of the innovation hammer shapes the still malleable idea against the anvil of passion, vision, insight, strategy, and principles to forge a fitting vessel of a creative concern. Amah Lambert
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Life is simple but if you don't put anything into it, you won't get anything out of it. Auliq Ice
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Volatility in the up direction is not a problem-it's only downward volatility that offers discourse. Coreen T. Sol
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In order to win as a contrarian, you need perfect timing and the perfect size. Unknown
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In 2008, when almost every other investor got crushed, and even the Wall Street 'experts' were down by almost half, I was up 17 percent - beating the S&P Average by over 50 percent. Reminiscences of a Stock Market Flea James J. Houts
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Be a Flea, not a Bull or a Bear. Don't delay, retire anyway. Trading is NOT a four letter word. Buy carefully, sell aggressively. Don't mark duds while drinking. When your plan fails, change it. Don't be slow, don't be greedy. Don't be obtuse with a machine gun pointed at you. There's still time to build wealth and retire well. The Stock Market Flea: Lessons from the Front James J. Houts
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In 2008, when almost every other investor got crushed, and even the Wall Street "experts" were down by almost half, I was up 17 percent - beating the S&P Average by over 50 percent. Reminiscences of a Stock Market Flea James J. Houts
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The U.S. stock market was now a class system, rooted in speed, of haves and have-nots. The haves paid for nanoseconds; the have-nots had no idea that nanoseconds had value. The haves enjoyed a perfect view of the market; the have-nots never saw the market at all. Unknown
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I don't waste food, water, money, time and talent. Amit Kalantri
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Successful companies are built by investing large amount of money and hundreds of litres of sweat. Amit Kalantri
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Successful companies are built by investing lare amount of money and hundreds of litres of sweat. Amit Kalantri
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We need a moderately-priced stock market… The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do. For the investor, a too-high purchase price for the stock of an excellent company can undo the effects of a subsequent decade of favorable business developments. Warren Buffett
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You don't need to chase wealth, just become a real entrepreneur and the world is your oyster. Amah Lambert
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Reliability investing requires finding companies trading below their inherent worth--stocks with strong fundamentals including earnings, dividends, book value, and cash flow selling at bargain prices give their quality. Amah Lambert
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We can't all be bakers or chefs. Many of us have modest ambitions. But we can all buy a piece of the pie. Amah Lambert
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A dream business that doesn't make money is a living nightmare. Habeeb Akande
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When money realizes that it is in good hands, it wants to stay and multiply in those hands. Idowu Koyenikan
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Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth. Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. Warren Buffett
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The four most expensive word in the English language are 'This time it's different. John Templeton
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Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures? Frank Herbert
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Perfection does not mean errorless . Real perfection starts with real intention and ends with delivery, all driven by seeking knowledge, trial & error and investing emotions. Whatever delivered after that is perfect . Sameh Elsayed
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Make your body your prized possession above all physical things. Spare no expense, re-prioritize and invest in your health. Bryant McGill
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Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most. Bryant McGill
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Be selective in your battles... Brandi L. Bates
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My ethical values prevent me from investing in the stock market. Steven Magee
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I think the very best attitude for anyone investing in the stock market is to make up his mind to lose money.”– The Duchess Gloriana XII Leonard Wibberley
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To discern profits only when it is within the ken of the market herd is not the acme of investing excellence Amah Lambert
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Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it. Idowu Koyenikan
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The alluring, long-shot chance of a huge gain is the grease that lubricates the machine of innovation. Jason Zweig
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Saving is a great habit but without investing and tracking, it just sleeps Manoj Arora
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You should RULE your money, Money shouldn't RULE your Life. Hyacil Han
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There are no good or bad stocks. The company is either good or bad. Stocks are just stocks. Kenneth L. Fisher
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Everyday i meet with clients including widows and divorcees who have the same fears about money and it's my role to empower them, and women in general, to take control of their finances and create a plan. Maili Wong
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Smart Risk will shatter the emotional myths to investing and help Canadians see the opportunities in today's volatile market. Maili Wong
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Civil war tends to give a helping hand to the velocity of currency, Ukraine can attest to that. However, it is quite an unpleasant way to find the intrinsic value of worthlessness. Tom Wallace
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I was convinced that I was totally incompetent in predicting market prices - but that others were generally incompetent also but did not know it, or did not know they were taking massive risks. Most traders were just "picking pennies in front of a steamroller, " exposing themselves to the high-impact rare event yet sleeping like babies, unaware of it. Nassem Nicholas Taleb
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I love supporting blue chip companies’ revival. Shows wise when you are on the top and you are still not ignorant & arrogant to realise your weaknesses. Csaba GaborB.
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In order to create something new, to invent a new product or idea, you need to anticipate where things are headed. That requires a mixture of certain habits of mind. You need to foster imagination, thoroughly understand the origins of past ideas, learn from others’ mistakes, talk to lots of people about ideas and test your hypotheses against people both alive and dead. Joshua Rogers
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The art of investing is not about figuring out what has already happened. It’s about anticipating the futureand creating the future that others will read about in The Wall Street Journal. Joshua Rogers
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Then it is your opinion…that a man should never-“- Invest in portable property in a friend?”… “Certainly he should not. Unless he wants to get rid of the friend- and then it becomes a question how much portable property it may be worth to get rid of him. Charles Dickens
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If you are playing the rigged game of investing, the house always wins. Robert Rolih
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Knowing the right detail gets you a great return. Ignore them and you just crash & burn. Robert Rolih
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Investing in a startup does not make you an entrepreneur any more than buying a grand piano makes you a concert pianist. Jeffrey Fry
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Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. Gro Harlem Brundtland
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It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration. Bernie Sanders
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You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future. Reid Hoffman