Belief releases creative powers.
Making mistakes and learning from them is crucial to winning.
When you're trying to achieve a goal, negative people will just bring you down. Surround yourself with the positive.
The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.
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.
When I do something stupid with money and lose it. . . . I call that Stupid Tax. I have paid so much Stupid Tax that I am expert.
For your own good, for the good of your family and your future, grow a backbone. When something is wrong, stand up and say it is wrong, and don't back down.
It's maybe every third person now (who calls out 'Norm!' when they see me). It used to be every other person. It's faded a bit, but not too much. They're always going to remember me that way. I decided a long time ago that if I'm going to let this make me crazy, I'm going to be certifiable, so I just roll with it.
Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.
"thanks" in MaoriGrateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events.
A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.