5 Inspirational Quotes About Money and Success

Jordan Rosenfeld
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As we reflect back on 2020, one of the more difficult years in the past decade, a year fraught with the challenges of a pandemic and a recession, it’s helpful to seek the advice and wisdom from those who’ve had a lot of experience. While money may not buy happiness, becoming a billionaire, as these people on our list have done, can bring life lessons and wisdom that is worth passing on. Here are five quotes of practical and inspiring advice from those who know what it’s like to have it all:

1. Oprah Winfrey (2018)

“The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money.” — Oprah Winfrey

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The daytime TV diva is arguably one of the most successful women in media and entertainment today. What has given her this secret to success, if not money, she told CNBC, is self-awareness. True success, she said, comes from connecting to one’s inner voice, what she calls “your emotional GPS system.”

2. Jack Ma (2016)

“If you have less than $1 million, you know how to spend the money. [At] $1 billion, that’s not your money. … The money I have today is a responsibility. It’s the trust of people on me.” — Jack Ma, co-founder and former CEO of Alibaba Group.

Ma takes his wealth seriously, but acknowledges that it is built upon as much failure as success. He told entrepreneurs at the 2018 World Economic Forum that he came by his own financial success by learning from other people’s mistakes. “No matter how smart you are, you will encounter mistakes,” Ma said. “You learn from mistakes not because you will be able to avoid mistakes when these mistakes come, [when] these suffers come, you learn how to deal with it, how to face it.”

3. Mark Cuban (2016)

“Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don’t do it.” — Mark Cuban, entrepreneur

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