Women need to turn their attention from saving their spouse, their mothers, their this, their that, their kids, to putting that financial oxygen mask on their face first. When they're solid, they can pick up the whole world.

A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21 percent or more.

At the end of your life, you cannot take a penny with you. So what is the object of money if you can't take it with you?

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

The world of money, of numbers and stock markets and interest rates and credit cards, seems on the surface about as far as it could be from the world of spirituality, of seeking meaningful answers to the big questions of life. ... But these two worlds must flow in and out of each other, because it takes both money and spiritual understanding to sustain it. Truly speaking, what determines where our money with its awesome power will go, and what it will do for ourselves and others? If we listen, those answers come from the center of our being, from who we really are.

Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.

You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth.