It doesn’t matter how much you have, it matters how you earn it and how you spend it.
Take a look at your wallet, and you’ll likely see some pictures of dead guys staring back at you. And it turns out that a lot of those guys had plenty of good financial advice to share. Personal financial advice is clogging up the Internet, and not all of it is good advice. However, the following quotes have been culled from some of the best-known businessmen, entrepreneurs, historical figures, and other famous people to provide you with some solid aphorisms for protecting your net worth. Pair the quotes below with our past advice about getting smarter, or with our past post about the daily habits of other famous people, and you’ll be well-prepared for any financial quandary you come across.