Suze Orman Quotes

When you've been battered down and battered down and battered down, your spirit gets broken.

Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to be cherished and adored by someone. I am worthy of an intimate and fulfilling relationship. I won't settle for less than I deserve. I will do whatever it takes to create that for myself.

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?

Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy. It is the Velcro of all debts.

Remember to remember your power - everything you've learned with these steps to financial freedom - and put it all into practice everyday, because in the grand scheme of life, you'll never really know how things are meant to turn out until they turn out.

The truth is that you are nothing more than the custodian of your inner and outer wealth while you are on this planet. All you have to decide is what kind of custodian do you want to be? Do you want to be a good custodian of your inner and outer wealth? Or a bad custodian?

If you're going to live in the house make it your goal to just pay off your mortgage.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.

I love, love, love that you want to use your debit card. But to keep your credit score solid, you still need to keep a few credit cards and use them at least once every few months.

Private student loans should be avoided at all costs.

Money is a living entity, and it responds to energy exactly the same way you do. It is drawn to those who welcome it, those who respect it. Wouldn't you rather be with people who respect you and who don't want you to be something you're not? Your money feels the same way.

Never invest emergency savings in the stock market.

We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.

When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life.

Put your financial life on autopilot as a form of 'forced' saving.

abundance is in crucial ways a state of mind.

Liking who you are and liking what you do can make you an incredibly successful person.

Stop buying things you don't need, to impress people you don't even like.

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.

Here's what's interesting about women. When it comes to their babies, when it comes to their children, they become these financial warriors like I have never seen before. They will not turn their back on the battlefield.

If you do not have at least an eight-month emergency fund, and you think there's a probability you could loose your job - and it's not just losing your job; you could be in a car accident, get sick - continue to pay the minimum on your credit card every month. Everything beyond that needs to go to establish an emergency fund. And if you have an emergency fund saved, then fund your retirement account before paying down credit card debt.

You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams.

There is nothing more beautiful than a confident woman.

Nothing's greater in life to see somebody who doesn't have start to value who they are and, as soon as they feel valued, they can change this world too.

When you are starting out in your 20s, it is natural to think about all that you will have and do once you start making money, and making more money. That gives money way too much power over your life. It's not about how much you make, but the life that you make with the money you have.

If you expect your money to take care of you, you must take care of your money.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.

The world does not need another credit card.

The dream of having one's dream job turned into "Oh my God, I'll take any job. I've been out of work for two years now. I don't care what I do. I'll do anything because I don't have any money".

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

Abundance is about being rich, with or without money.

When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.

When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money.

Live below your means but within your needs.

There's nothing wrong with saying, "I want to have more," "I want to be more," "I did this for money."

When you undervalue who you are, the world will undervalue what you do and vice versa.

A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.

If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns.

It's only when we give to ourselves as passionately as we give of ourselves that we create the life we want and deserve.

The world needs another vehicle to get people to pay in cash.

I do not think I am successful just because I have money. I'm successful because I love who I am and I have no regrets, and I'm successful because I have a great heart and I have compassion and I care and I would be happy with or without money.

The truth will always lead you to a better place and a bigger place. And every single setback, every single one, has led me - not in my time, but in the time that it was meant to happen - to a place that I never in a million years could have imagined that I could go or become.

Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.

Opt for a fixed-rate rather than an adjustable-rate mortgage.

Money is a topic that touches all races, all religions, all sexes, all ages, all tax brackets. It's a universal language that truly has been held up to us in society as a thing that determines whether we are successful, worthy, whether we have contributed something to life or not.