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" I have to live my books before I write them. "

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" If you're doing something like scheduling utility payments to come through your debit card or out of your personal checking account, that's perfectly fine. But there are much safer ways to handle situations with debt collectors. You can send a money order overnight, or wire the cash to them. "

" My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table. "

" We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president. "

" If you're able to pay your bills, you pay your bills. It's as simple as that. "

" You're not a bad parent if you don't save for your kid's college because instead you had to choose to feed them and clothe them. Those things come first. They can go to school and do this thing called 'work' while they're in school. "

" A vacation home is a wonderful 'extra' as you start building wealth. Remember, though, it's still basically a very large, very expensive toy. "

" Pay your utilities, gas and other basic needs before paying on your debts. "

" I think that anyone who wants to start their own business can, but not any type of business. "

" To be fair, the collection business does have a few good people in it. But it also has those who will lie and make threats. "

" I've seen numerous situations where collectors have taken more than the agreed-upon amount from someone's account once they gained access. "

" I think the lie we've told people in the marketplace is that a degree gets you a job. A degree doesn't get you a job. What gets you a job is the ability to carry yourself into that room and shake a hand and look someone in the eye and have people skills. These are the things that cause people to become successful. "

" Don't react with fear and panic in the face of debt collector threats. Talk to them and explain your situation. See if you can work out a compromise. "

" You can't be in debt and win. It doesn't work. "

" Once I will warn you, and then I will fire you! I have a zero-tolerance-plus-one policy for gossip. I will teach you once, and then I will fire your butt. "

" You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely. "

" You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave. "

" In order to be a great marketer, you have to be focused and intense and look at scarcity, urgency, activity and passion in the marketplace. "

" Would a good friend, a smart friend, encourage you to do something as dishonorable as not pay a bill you're morally and legally obligated to pay? I don't think so. "

" Most of the things we buy are wants. And we call them needs, but they're wants. "

" You don't need credit. "

" 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. "

" While I encourage people to save 100% down for a home, a mortgage is the one debt that I don't frown upon. "

" Trust me, I know, you can make mistakes with money and still raise money-smart kids. You can start a new family tradition of handling money the right way. "

" What your beliefs are about anything creates your actions. What you believe about marriage creates the way you handle your marriage. What you believe about raising kids creates the way you do that. "

" Some people are just stuck in their ways and have been brainwashed into believing that credit cards and debt are an unavoidable part of life. "

" I always laugh and say I met God on the way up, and I got to know him on the way down. And so, as I'm crashing and losing everything, a lot of people run to God when they are struggling. And I was no exception. "

" In the neighborhood where I grew up, it was a rough neighborhood - well, not rough, but it certainly wasn't upper class or anything. But I remember hearing things like, 'The little man just can't get ahead.' And if you start to believe that, then you know what? You don't get ahead. "

" There is nothing wrong with having nice things, but when you are trying to buy nice things to be happy, you are going to hurt. It's not going to work. "