Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.
Suze OrmanRead
You can never solve a financial problem with money. The only way for you to have a larger net worth is for you to go within to see why you are going without.
Interpretation
Financial issues cannot be resolved simply with more money; introspection is necessary to understand true needs.
This quote emphasizes that financial problems are often rooted in deeper psychological or emotional issues rather than a mere lack of funds. Suze Orman suggests that true wealth comes from understanding oneself and addressing the reasons behind financial struggles, rather than just seeking a quick monetary fix.
In practice
During a financial literacy workshop to encourage deeper understanding of personal finance.
Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.
Bad debt is sacrificing your future day needs for your present day desires.
We are all powerless as children, and money looms so powerfully... we don't grow up to claim our financial power until we look money directly in the eye, face our fears, and claim that power back.
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.
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.
So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
In the past few years, I have made a thrilling discovery ... that until one is over sixty, one can never really learn the secret of living. One can then begin to live, not simply with the intense part of oneself, but with one's entire being.
I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.
Prosperity isn't defined by money alone; it encompasses time, love, success, joy, comfort, beauty, and wisdom.
Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation.
Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
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