The Spartans arose from the city-state of Sparta of ancient Greece. They were a warrior society that paid homage to the values of honor, duty, discipline, and endurance. Values that have led to their being regarded as some of the fiercest warriors history has ever known. And while their legacy still inspires and instructs professional warriors who are actually involved in armed conflict to this day; their legacy is equally as inspiring to everyday people. Why? Because we are all warriors. We all fight wars, be they internal struggles with motivation, our purpose, our relationships, etc… or external struggles like struggling for the flourishing of our careers, the survival of our businesses, or the advancement of our dreams.

“Only The Hard, Only The Strong.”

The bottom-line is we fight. And because we fight, there is still value that we can extract from the wise words uttered by and about the world’s greatest warriors. As such, we are publishing the most inspiring and motivating Spartan quotes for you. We hope these quotes give you a better understanding of the values that have led to the Spartan’s enduring legacy. But most importantly, we hope these Spartan Quotes guide, motivate, and better equip you to take on life’s battles.

BEST MOTIVATIONAL SPARTAN QUOTES

1. “Come back with your shield, or upon it.”  – Spartan Mother

2. “Come and take the them.” – Leonidas, Spartan King

3. “The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.” – Plutarch

4. “Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic, but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fore-fighters, regarding his own life as hateful and holding the dark spirits of death as dear as the radiance of the sun.” – Spartan Proverb

5. “The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.” – Euripides

6. “You should reach the limits of virtue before you cross the border of death.” – Aristodemus, Spartan Warrior

7. “Rise up, warriors, take your stand at one another’s sides, our feet set wide and rooted like oaks in the ground. ‘‘…learn to love death’s ink-black shadow as much as you love the light of dawn. ‘Here is courage, mankind’s finest possession, here is the noblest prize that a young man can endeavor to win.” – Tyrtaeus, Spartan Poet

8. “Son, remember your courage with each step.” – Spartan Mother

9. “Either quit your thieving or quit breathing.” – Spartan Mother

10. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” – Spartan Creed

11. “There is no use for bravery unless justice is present, and no need for bravery if all men are just.” – Agesilaus, Spartan King

12. “Now eat a good breakfast, men. For we’ll all be sharing dinner in hell.” – Leonidas, Spartan King

13. “If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.” – Chilon of Sparta

14. “The Spartans are the equal of any men when they fight as individuals; fighting together as a collective, they surpass all other men.” – Demaratus, Spartan King

15. “King Phillip II: If I invade Lakonia you will be destroyed, never to rise again. Spartan Reply: IF” – Spartan Quote

16. “Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.” – Simonides, Greek Poet

17. “Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.” – Vince Lombardi

18. “The walls of Sparta were its young men, and its borders the points of their spears.” – Agesilaus, Spartan King

19. “Molon labe” – Spartan Motto

20. “A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick” – Lycurgus of Sparta

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Halfway There

Alright, you are more than halfway there. We hope you have found some inspiration from the medley of Spartan Quotes above. To provide you with a bit more motivation, we are publishing the most moving quotes from the popular Spartan movie known as three hundred. Enjoy!

Fun Fact: The word Spartan has come to mean self-restrained, simple, frugal, and austere, all of which are key traits of the self-disciplined.

Inspiring Spartan Quotes From 300

The following collection of Spartan quotes stems from the famous Spartan inspired movie ‘300’. And while the quotes stem from key lines within a movie, many are historically accurate, considering the movie was meant to capture the spirit of the Spartan ethos along with their most famous battle; the Battle of Thermopylae.

21. “From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender, but death on the battlefield in service to Sparta was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life.” – Dilios, 300

22. “I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard: mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, three hundred families that bleed for our rights. We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our king in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children. Send the army for the preservation of liberty. Send it for justice. Send it for law and order. Send it for reason. But most importantly, send our army for hope. Hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history and that their courage bonds us together, that we are made stronger by their actions, and that your choices today reflect their bravery.” – Queen Gorgo, 300

23. “Spartans! Prepare for glory!” – King Leonidas, 300

24. “It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do, nor a husband, nor a king. Instead, ask yourself what should a free man do?” – Queen Gorgo, 300

25. “Xerxes: It isn’t wise to stand against me. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. King Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine.” – 300 Quote

26. “You have many slaves, but few warriors. It won’t be long before they fear my spears more than your whips.” – King Leonidas, 300

27. “King Leonidas: A Spartan’s true strength is the warrior next to him. So give respect and honor to him, and it will be returned to you. First, you fight with your head…. Queen Gorgo: Then you fight with your heart.” – 300 Quote

28. “This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, for it will be yours for all time.” – King Leonidas, 300

29. “Spartans never retreat! Spartans never surrender! Go spread the word. Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. Let each among them search his own soul. And while you’re at it, search your own.” – King Leonidas, 300

30. “There’s no room for softness… not in Sparta. No place for weakness. Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. Only the hard, only the strong.” –  Dillios, 300

31. “Persian Warrior: Spartans, lay down your weapons. King Leonidas: Persians, come and get them.” – 300 Quote

32. “The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one, good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine.” – Dilios, 300

33. “Freedom isn’t free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.” – Queen Gorgo, 300

34. “Queen Gorgo: Do not be coy or stupid, Persian. You can afford neither in Sparta! Messenger: What makes this woman thinks she can speak among men? Queen Gorgo: Because only Spartan women give birth to real men!” – 300 Quote

35. “This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, for it will be yours for all time.” – King Leonidas, 300

36. “Give them nothing, but take from them, everything.” – King Leonidas, 300

37. “Spartans, Ready Your Breakfast And Eat Hardy, For Tonight We Dine In Hell!” – Leonidas, 300

38. “For he did not wish tribute, nor song, nor monuments nor poems of war and valor. His wish was simple “Remember us. Remember why we died.” – Dilios, 300

39. “The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many. And before this battle is over, that even a god king can bleed.” – King Leonidas, 300

40. “No retreat, no surrender; that is Spartan law. And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight, and die.” – Leonidas, 300

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Bonus Spartan Quote

Bonus: Here’s one last bonus spartan quote that we believe will resonate with all modern-day spartans. Enjoy!

“A New Age Has Begun. An Age Of Freedom. And All Will Know That 300 Spartans Gave Their Last Breath To Defend It!”

Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the most inspiring Spartan quotes to help you take the battle to your internal enemies and win against vices like weakness, envy, greed, selfishness, laziness, and deceitfulness.

May they inspire you to be victorious over those enemies we find both in our lives and the ones that exist within our own hearts.

Till next time,

STRIVE

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The road to success for Og Mandino was long and arduous. It was filled with challenges, pitfalls, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. And just like many of us experience, he too had a number of setbacks and failures that life presented him with. Setbacks like losing his marriage, his family, his job, and his dreams all before the age of 35. He even found himself drowning his sorrows in alcohol and contemplating suicide before things would eventually change for him. But fortunately things would eventually change for him. Things changed for him because he persisted, and because of that persistence, he eventually succeeded. And it is from his very real failure to success experiences, that he has been able to help others improve their lives with his inspiring stories and words of wisdom.

As such, we plan on sharing with you the most inspiring Og Mandino quotes from his various works. The Og Mandino quotes that can truly help you in your struggle and pursuit towards greater success. So, if you are ready for a little bit of wisdom to inspire whole a lot of success, let’s get to it.

BEST OG MANDINO QUOTES

1. “Always take another step. If this is to no avail take another, and yet another. One step at a time is not too difficult.” – Og Mandino

2. “I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools.” – Og Mandino

3. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino

4. “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” – Og Mandino

5. “Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.” – Og Mandino

6. “Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” – Og Mandino

7. “Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is…the highway to success.” – Og Mandino

8. “Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.” – Og Mandino

9. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” – Og Mandino

10. “Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.” – Og Mandino

11. “Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” – Og Mandino

12. “Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.” – Og Mandino

13. “He who worries about calamities suffers them twice over.” – Og Mandino

14. “Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

15. “No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.” – Og Mandino

16. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino

17. “Treasure the friendship you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.” – Og Mandino

18. “Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day.” – Og Mandino

19. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

20. “Only a habit can subdue another habit.” – Og Mandino

21. “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” – Og Mandino

22. “Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you.” – Og Mandino

23. “To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you’re dead.” – Og Mandino

24. “Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth.” – Og Mandino

25. “Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.” – Og Mandino

26. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino

27. “The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.” – Og Mandino

28. “Don’t let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.” – Og Mandino

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29. “My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible.” – Og Mandino

30. “All are of no value unless they are followed by action.” – Og Mandino

31. “This is the time, this is the place.” – Og Mandino

32. “I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.” – Og Mandino

33. “Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.” – Og Mandino

34. “Wealth is good when it brings joy to others.” – Og Mandino

35. “The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.” – Og Mandino

36. “The secret of success is to triple your rate of failure.” – Og Mandino

37. “Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.” – Og Mandino

38. “Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.” – Og Mandino

39. “And so long as I can laugh never will I be poor.” – Og Mandino

40. “I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.” – Og Mandino

41. “A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.” – Og Mandino

42. “Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!” – Og Mandino

43. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, he can achieve.” – Og Mandino

44. “Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.” – Og Mandino

45. “Only action determines my value in the market place and to multiply my value I will multiply my actions.” – Og Mandino

46. “It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.” – Og Mandino

47. “Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.” – Og Mandino

48. “Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.” – Og Mandino

49. “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – Og Mandino

50. “Men don’t fail; they give up trying.” – Og Mandino

51. “Success is not something that must be deserved or earned. It is more an inherent right—an inherent responsibility. The only qualification for success is that you be you, that you utilize whatever combination of talent you possess to the fullest extent possible.”

52. “Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.” – Og Mandino

53. “The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.” – Og Mandino

54. “True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.” – Og Mandino

55. “Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.” – Og Mandino

56. “The greatest secret in the world is that you only have to be a small, measurable amount better than mediocrity… and you’ve got it made.” – Og Mandino

57. “Always let your reach exceed your grasp.” – Og Mandino

58. “Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.” – Og Mandino

59. “Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.” – Og Mandino

60. “Failure is the highway to success.” – Og Mandino

61. “In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.” – Og Mandino

62. “I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.” – Og Mandino

63. “I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why would the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?” – Og Mandino

64. “You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.” – Og Mandino

65. “Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” – Og Mandino

66. “One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.” – Og Mandino

67. “Action will destroy procrastination.” – Og Mandino

68. “If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will remember past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be master of my emotions.” – Og Mandino

69. “Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children.” – Og Mandino

70. “Never settle for the crumbs of life.” – Og Mandino

Bonus Og Mandino Quote:

Bonus: Out of all of our Og Mandino quotes, this bonus quote is powerful beyond measure, as such, it is our favorite.

“If I persist long enough I will win.” – Og Mandino

Final Thoughts

There you have it, the very best Og Mandino quotes. We hope his wisdom helps you realize that success is truly possible for you if you’ll but take more action, seek out the benefits in every failure, and persist until you succeed.

With that being said, please don’t doubt for one second that your success isn’t just around the corner. Because it is.

Till next time,

STRIVE

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If you’re in search of some optimistic quotes then you’ll enjoy this page. Life can seem hard at times for just about everyone. We all go through our own trials and tribulations. For many, those trials and hardships are longer and more drawn out than they are for others. And for some, their hardships may seem to be a never ending struggle. But, the one thing we must never forget, is that there is a path that that typically gets every person through the dark.

So what is this path?

It is the light, the hope, and the possibility that things will eventually improve. It is a path of possibility. But, it is a path that can only be seen if one chooses to see it. Optimism is a choice.

So, if you find yourself in a lull in your life or struggling through some tough times, allow these optimistic quotes to strengthen your vision of better days to come, and allow the possibility of what could be… pull you through those dark times.

BEST OPTIMISTIC QUOTES FOR TOUGH TIMES

1. “Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects.” – Norma Cousins.

2. “The greatest salvation of man is through love and in love.” – Victor Frankl

3. “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” – Winston Churchill

4. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward

5. “For every dark night there’s a brighter day.” – Tupac Shakur

6. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

7. “Optimism is true moral courage.” – Ernest Shackelton

8. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

9. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden

10. “Even if I knew tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther

11. “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine

12. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore

13. “The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity – even under the most difficult circumstances – to add a deeper meaning to his life.” – Victor Frankl

14. “I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” – Antonio Gramsci

15. “Pessimism never won any battle.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

16. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

17. “Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.” – Price Pritchett

18. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius

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19. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

20. “I discovered that if you expect the worst you will get the worst, and if you expect the best you will get the best.” – Norman Vincent Peale

21. “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” – Mark 9:23

22. “Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the successful out of your venture.” – William James

23. “If ye have faith…nothing shall be impossible to you.” – Matthew 17:20

24. “Life cannot deny itself to the person who gives life his all.” – Norman Vincent Peale

25. “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” – Deepak Chopra

26. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama

27. “To find optimism, look for the good things in life.” – Catherine Pulsifer

28. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams

29. “Optimism is courage if it is not naïve.” – Jordan Peterson

30. “Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation courage and true progress.” – Nicholas M. Butler

31. “Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year.” – Optimistic Quote

32. “Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.” – Ambrose Bierce

33. “An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail and try again.” – Harvey Mackay

34. “Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.” – Rick Steves

35. “Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.” – Nelson Mandela

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Bonus Quote on Optimism:

Bonus: This last quote is by far one of the most powerful quotes on optimism. It was uttered by the Holocaust survivor, turned psychologist who experienced the worst of the worst when it comes to life, yet never lost hope…..

“Everything Can Be Taken From A Man But One Thing: The Last Of Human Freedoms – To Choose One’s Attitude In Any Given Set Of Circumstances, To Choose One’s Own Way.”

– Victor Frankl –

Final Words

Remember, it is not what happens to us that determines our outcomes in life. Rather, it is what we do with what happens to us. And the few who grasp on to the vision of an optimistic future are the ones who will eventually live it.

So, stay optimistic, stay hopeful, and keep believing that things will get better for you, and before you know it, they will. Till next time,

STRIVE

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Warren Buffett is the self-made billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who is known by many as the greatest and richest stock investor of all time. He has a long history of success, especially when it comes to investing and running his multi-billion dollar multi-national holdings company. And, when billionaires give us their advice, we take note, which is why we’ve pulled together this list of 55 Warren Buffett quotes on success and life.

So, if you’re looking for some brilliant insights about success from the Oracle of Omaha himself, then this page is for you. And if you’re ready to digest some Warren Buffett wisdom, then let’s dive in.

The Very Best Warren Buffett Quotes on Success and Life

1. “It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.” – Warren Buffett

2. “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

3. “It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.” – Warren Buffett

4. “I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett

5. “You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.” – Warren Buffett

6. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” – Warren Buffett

7. “I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.” – Warren Buffett

8. “You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right.”  – Warren Buffett 

9. “You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.” – Warren Buffett

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

11. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett

12. “The first rule is not to lose money. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.” – Warren Buffett

13. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett

14. “Never invest in a business you can’t understand.” – Warren Buffett

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

16. “You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” – Warren Buffett

17. “There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett

18. “Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.” – Warren Buffett

19. “We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.” – Warren Buffett

20. “The most important investment you can make is in yourself.” – Warren Buffett

21. “If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don’t care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.” – Warren Buffett

22. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.” – Warren Buffett

23. “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett

24. “The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.” – Warren Buffett

25. “Never give up searching for the job that you are passionate about.” – Warren Buffett

26. “Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you who you’ll turn out to be.” – Warren Buffett

27. “Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.” – Warren Buffett

28. “Not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.” – Warren Buffett

29. “You will be successful if the people who you hope to have love you, do love you.” – Warren Buffett

30. “The world does not belong to the pessimist.” – Warren Buffett

31. “People who know the edge of their competency are safe, and those who don’t, aren’t.” – Warren Buffett

32. “There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age?” – Warren Buffett 

33. “If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.” – Warren Buffett 

34. “Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” – Warren Buffett 

35. One can best prepare themselves for the economic future by investing in your own education. If you study hard and learn at a young age, you will be in the best circumstances to secure your future.” – Warren Buffett 

36. “Look for the job that you would want to hold if you didn’t need a job. You’re probably only going to live once.” – Warren Buffett

37. “You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.” – Warren Buffett

38. “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable ‘moats.” – Warren Buffett

39. “Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ … what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.” – Warren Buffett

40. “Don’t save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving.” – Warren Buffett

41. “Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.” – Warren Buffett

42. “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until the day you die.” – Warren Buffett

43. “Keep all your eggs in one basket. But watch that basket closely.” – Warren Buffett

44. “What the wise do in the beginning, the fools do in the end.” – Warren Buffett

45. “A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.” – Warren Buffett

46. “The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth.” – Warren Buffett

47. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” – Warren Buffett

48. “The only way to get love, is to be loveable.” – Warren Buffett

49. “It’s not easy to get rich quick.” – Warren Buffett

50. “Find a way to make money while you sleep.” – Warren Buffett

51. “If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing.” – Warren Buffett

52. “The happiest people do not necessarily have the best of all. They simply appreciate the things they have.” – Warren Buffett

53. “People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.” – Warren Buffett

54. “No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.” – Warren Buffett

55. “I’m not interested in cars and my goal is not to make people envious. Don’t confuse the cost of living with the standard of living.” – Warren Buffett

56. “Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people.” – Warren Buffett

57. “Successful investing takes time, discipline and patience.” – Warren Buffett

58. “The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” – Warren Buffett

59. “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett

60. “I measure success by how many people love me.” – Warren Buffett

61. “The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.” – Warren Buffett

62. “Time is the friend of the wonderful company and the enemy of the mediocre one.” – Warren Buffett

63. “If you are not willing to own stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.” – Warren Buffett

64. “The key to success is emotional stability.” – Warren Buffett

65. “You can not reach success in investment if you do not think independently.” – Warren Buffett

66. “Never test the depth of a river with both feet.” – Warren Buffett

67. “Never depend on a single income. Make an investment to create a second source.” – Warren Buffett

68. “Very successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett

69. “You do smart things, you eventually get very rich.” – Warren Buffett

70. “The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth.” – Warren Buffett

71. “Wishing makes dreams come true only in Disney movies; it’s poison in business.” – Warren Buffett

72. “Widespread fear is your friend as an investor because it serves up bargain purchases.” – Warren Buffett

73. “I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett

74. “More people fail because of liquor and leverage – leverage being borrowed money.” – Warren Buffett

75. “Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.” – Warren Buffett

Bonus Warren Buffett Quote

Bonus: Out of all of these Warren Buffett quotes on success, this is our final and favorite. So, take heed as advice and enjoy.

“In The World Of Business, The People Who Are Most Successful Are Those Who Are Doing What They Love.”

– warren buffett –

Final Thoughts on These Buffett Quotes

Observing the lives of successful people can teach us a lot. The words they use not only act as a gateway to their thought processes, but also as a barometer of the level of thinking we should aspire to if we wish to obtain a similar type of achievement.

With that being said, we hope you’ve enjoyed these Warren Buffett quotes on success and life. But more importantly, we hope you leave here a little wiser than you came, since you now know the secret thoughts that have led to much of Warren Buffett’s massive success.

Till next time,

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Countless financial “gurus” have admonished time and time again, about how the amount of money we have or don’t have, is largely a consequence of our thinking. They’ve shared with us the secret link that exists between our money and our mindset. Namely, the secret that our attitudes and the unique set of beliefs we’ve held about money, has impacted our handling of it up until this point.

So, to help you obtain a stronger money mindset, and eventually a larger bank account, we’ve decided to publish the best money quotes of all time.

We hope you’ll use these quotes to embrace the money principles that will help you improve your relationship with money. So, if you’re ready improve your money mindset, let’s dive into these powerful money quotes:

BEST MONEY QUOTES OF ALL TIME

1. “Having money isn’t everything, not having it, is.” – Kanye West

2. “The money you make is a symbol of the value you create.” – Idowu Koyenikan

3. “Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.” – Wayne Dyer

4. “Money is in some respects like fire – it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. When you have it mastering you, when interest is constantly piling up against you, it will keep you down in the worst kind of slavery. But let money work for you, and you have the most devoted servant in the world.” – P.T. Barnum

5. “Too many people spend money they earned to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Rogers

6. “Save money, and money will save you.” – Anonymous

7. “Never spend your money before you have earned it.” – Thomas Jefferson

8. “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until the day you die.” – Warren Buffett

9. “Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”  –  Robert Kiyosaki

10. “A penny saved is a penny earned” – Benjamin Franlkin

11. “Making money isn’t hard in itself… What’s hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón

12. “Money is only an idea. If you want more money simply change your thinking. Every self-made person started small with an idea, then turned it into something big. It takes only a few dollars to start and grow into something big.”  –  Robert Kiyosaki

13. “Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.” – Voltaire

14. “When money realizes that it is in good hands, it wants to stay and multiply in those hands.” – Idowu Koyenikan

15. “Money is a tool. Used properly it makes something beautiful; used wrong, it makes a mess.” – Bradley Vinson

16. “You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.” – Tennessee Williams

17. “Money is a great servant but a bad master.” – Francis Bacon

18. “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.” – Napoleon Hill

19. “It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.” – Albert Camus

20. “There is no shortage of money in this world. Start hustling.” – Grant Cardone

21. “Money isn’t everything…but it ranks right up there with oxygen.” – Rita Davenport

22. “The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.” – Ayn Rand

23. “Work like you don’t need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you’ve never been hurt.” – Mark Twain

24. “The first rule is not to lose money. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.” – Warren Buffett

25. “Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.” – Sophia Amorus

26. “Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” – Erich Fromm

27. “That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” – Henry David Thoreau

28. “The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

29. “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” – Henry David Thoreau

30. “I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett

31. “Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we’ve got 24 hours each. –Christopher Rice

32. “I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.” – Warren Buffett

33. “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

34. “Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” – Norman Vincent Peale

35. “If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing.” – Warren Buffett

36. “One may not condemn a man for succeeding because he knows how. Neither may one with justice take away from a man what he has fairly earned, to give to men of less ability.” – George S. Clason

37. “The key to making money is to stay invested.” – Suze Orman

38. “If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.” – Warren Buffett 

39. “Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.” – P.T Barnum

40. “Sloth and prosperity can never be companions.” – James Allen

41. “If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.” – Benjamin Franklin

42. “Here’s the major problem with going on strike for more money:
You cannot get rich by demand” – Jim Rohn

43. “Tell me how you use your spare time, and how you spend your money, and I will tell you where and what you will be in ten years from now.” – Napoleon Hill

44. “Through positive, appreciative attitudes toward money, you can make money your servant, instead of becoming its slave. You should master money rather than be enslaved by it.” – Catherine Ponder

45. “Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.” – T. Harv Eker

46. “The single biggest financial mistake I’ve made was not thinking big enough. I encourage you to go for more than a million. There is no shortage of money on this planet, only a shortage of people thinking big enough.” – Grant Cardone

47. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

48. “Money is not an end in itself. It is merely a tool to help us achieve some particular goal. If the way we handle our money conflicts with our personal values, we are not going to wind up living happy and fulfilled lives.” – David Bach

49. “You don’t have time an money because you don’t invest time and money.” – Grant Cardone

50. “Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep.” – Robert Kiyosaki

Halfway There

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51. “Money may not buy happiness, but I’d rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.” –  Françoise Sagan

52. “In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.” – P.T. Barnum

53. “The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.”  –  Robert Kiyosaki

54. “Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern it’s acquisitions.” – George S. Clason

55. “While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.” – Groucho Marx

56. “Money is really only important if you don’t have any.” – Harrison Ford

57. “One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.” – Orison Swett Marden

58. “The better you feel about money, the more money you magnetize to yourself.” – Rhonda Byrne

59. “The fastest way to double your money is to fold them in half and put them in your pocket.” – Andrew Carnegie

60. “Money is usually attracted, no pursued.” – Jim Rohn

61. “You must spend money to make money.” – Titus Maccius Plautus

62. “Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael Leboeuf

63. “There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money.” – Robert Graves

64. “Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.” – Jackie Mason

65. “The best time to invest is during a recession.” – Graham Stephan

66. “Earning a lot of money is not the key to prosperity. How you handle it is.” – Dave Ramsey

67. “The more your money works for you, the less you have to work for money.” – Idowu Koyenikan

68. “Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.” – Suze Orman

69. “It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” – George Lorimer

70. “Knowledge without action cost money.” – David Bach

71. “We’ve been raised to believe that you have to work hard to make money, and certainly there are times when this is true, but the real secret is you have to take huge, uncomfy risks. You have to do stuff you’ve never done before, to make yourself visible, to acknowledge your own.” – Jen Sincero

72. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” – Ayn Rand

73. “When I was young I thought that money was the most important thin in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde

74. “Do what you love and the money will come.” – Marsha Sinetar

75. “You can have a masters degree in making money but you will still end up broke if you have a Ph.D.. in spending it.” – Orrin Woodward

76. “Money can’t buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.” – Spike Milligan

77. “If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” – Ben Franklin

78. “Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.” – Aristotle

79. “When I had money everyone called me brother.” – Polish proverb

80. “Money grows on the tree of persistence.” – Japanese Proverb

81. “Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.” – Miguel de Cervantes

82. “Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options.” – Chris Rock

83. “If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.” – Warren Buffett

84. “Working because you want to, not because you have to, is financial freedom.” – Tony Robbins

85. “Income is like your health: if you ignore it, it will go away.” – Jay Rigler

86. “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett

87. “The big money is not in the buying or selling, but in the waiting.” – Charlie Munger

88. “Success isn’t about money, it’s about peace.” – Grant Sabatier

89. “If you’re saving, you’re succeeding.” – Steve Burkholder

90. “All wealth is a product of labor” – John Locke

91. “A millionaire is made ten bucks at a time.” – Mr. Money Mustache

92. “Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.” – Kevin O’leary

93. “Fortune sides with him who dares.” – Virgil

94. “The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.” – Peter Diamandis

95. “Money is the wise man’s religion.” – Euripides

96. “Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.” – Johnny Cash

97. “Money is life energy that we exchange and use as a result of the service we provide to the universe.” – Deepak Chopra

98. “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” – Jonathan Swift

99. “What you focus on you create more of, so if the plan is to get rich, you’re gonna want to focus on abundance as much as possible. Give as much as you can as often as you can, receive with gratitude and joy, think of money as your pal, raise your frequency and get in the flow, yo.” – Jen Sincero

100. “Remember that: money will always match your mindset.” – Joe Vitale

Bonus Money Quote

Bonus Quote: Here’s one last bonus quote on money that every would benefit from if they heeded it as advice. Enjoy!

“Get What You Can, And What You Get Hold, Tis The Stone That Will Turn All Your Lead Into Gold.”

– Benjamin Franklin –

Final Thoughts

Alright, you’ve made it through our long list of inspiring money quotes. We hope they have at the very least, helped you strengthen your mindset when it comes to money.

With that being said, be sure to bookmark this page and come back often. Doing so will improve your money mindset with each visit. And remember this is key, because those with a healthy money mindset tend to have more money then they know what to do with it; while those with an unhealthy money mindset tend to feel as if they never have enough. The choice is yours.

See you soon, and till next time,

STRIVE

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