"Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'"

"So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions."

"You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams."

"A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy."

"Money is just the poor man's credit card."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues."

"The thing that differentiates man from animals is money."