💬 Quotes

"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood."

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."

"That’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."

"Doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave."

"The hardest financial skill is getting the goalposts to stop moving."

"Compounding is hard because it is not intuitive; our minds are not wired to grasp exponential growth."

"Planning is important, but the most important part of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to plan."

"Wealth is what you don't see. It’s the money not spent on the cars, the diamonds, and the watches."

"The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, 'I can do whatever I want today.'"

"I shall never forget you, dearest, and I shall try to be what you want me to be. And I'll try to be a man. You said a man must be brave and do right."

"It has been said that the Earl of Dorincourt was a hard, unyielding man; but he was very fond of his grandson."

"I am an American, but my papa was an Englishman, and so was my mamma, and I suppose I am something of both."

"He had a great many friends, because he was not afraid of people and liked them, and always expected them to like him."

"Hardship and sorrow had not embittered her; they had only made her more gentle and sympathetic with the sorrows of others."

"If you are a gentleman, you must always think of other people's feelings, and never hurt them if you can help it."

"Mine eyes / Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; / Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, / That thought her like her seeming; it had been vicious / To have mistrusted her."

"The power that I have on you is to spare you; / The malice towards you to forgive you. Live, / And deal with others better."

"La liberté n'est pas un don qu'on implore, c'est un droit qu'on arrache aux tyrans avec le fer et le sang."

"Entre le frère jumeau qui souffre dans l'ombre et le frère roi qui brille sur le trône, il n'y a de différence que le caprice du destin."

"A person that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place is a fool."