Motivation: Money Quotes From Millionaires and Billionaires

Knowing how to put your money to work isn't always very obvious. Unfortunately, finance isn't everyone's-for lack of a better term-best feature.

We spend money on expensive phones, which require us to purchase expensive plans, through which we purchase apps. In this cycle of the 21st century consumer, we continue to fund our most important need... instant gratification. Doing so, we neglect to address our forgotten American dream-FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.

Here a few tips of advice from some of the worlds successful people, who were smart with their money.

The following quotes are from 15 Wise Money Quotes From Millionaires and Billionaires, by Rose Leadem, an Online Editorial Assistant for Entrepreneur.com:

"It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep. How hard it works for you and how many generations you keep it for."

-Robert Kiyasoki

"It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear. The more you stress over bills, the more difficult it is to focus on your goals. The cheaper you can live, the greater your options."

-Mark Cuban

"Never depend on single income. Make investments to create a second source."

-Warren Buffett

"Don't think in terms of taking huge risks to get huge rewards. Think about the least amount of risk for the greatest reward, and be disciplined about that."

-Tony Robbins

"Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

-Oprah Winfrey

"Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this."

-Dave Ramsey

"I think of my business and investments as extensions of my family."

-Barbara Corcoran

"Know what you own, and know why you own it."

-Peter Lynch

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

-Suze Orman

"To win big, you sometimes need to take big risks."

-Bill Gates

"Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third."

-Angelina Jolie

"Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value."

-Joe Biden

"Money is a great slave but a horrible master."

-Daymond John

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something-your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

-Steve Jobs

"Never go into business to purely make money. If that's the motive, you're better off doing nothing."

-Richard Branson