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1 " Americans are following a stampede to the financial slaughterhouse. Let us stop following them and go in the other direction. "
― Celso Cukierkorn , Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!
2 " Poverty is a result of poor choices not of poor luck "
3 " Life would be so much easier if everyone read my book "
4 " The starting point toward developing an improved future is building the power to picture it. "
5 " If you can live with less of what you have. You can be more of who you are. "
6 " There are just three things that you can do with Money: save, give, or invest. Somehow in here in America, with all our creativity, we have invented a fourth use for money: we can squander it "
7 " Cheap people often are not very happy because they love money more than they love their families "
8 " Tzedakah is different than charity. Charity comes from the word charitus, which means heart. Tzedakah comes from the word tzedek, which means justice, so when you are giving tzedakah, you are not just making the world a better place by contributing to hospitals, synagogues, churches, or your favorite cause. You are in a position of bringing justice to the world, becoming as God-like as possible. "
9 " You probably never realized this, but God wants to partner with us so that we can establish his kingdom here on earth. Have you heard of the universal principal of receiving? This principal is simply that in order to receive, you have to share. According to the Jewish tradition, an act of charity has the ability to change even a negative heavenly decree. Charity is not just meant to improve the world and those around you. It may surprise you to learn that it mostly serves to improve ourselves. "
10 " In bad countries the government takes care of everyone. In the best ones that's not necessary! "
11 " You can also look at your body and think about how the blood flows and the fact that your body is in constant renewal. It is a miracle of creation happening within you every second of the day. This is something to be thankful for. "
12 " There is much more to wealth than simply a bank account with many zeros. A well-balanced, whole life is made up of wealth and success that comes from many facets; family, friends, work, faith, it is the complete person who works on each of these areas and creates the whole, "
13 " I believe that the true definition of wealth is loving what you have rather than what you don’t have. "
14 " Leverage is a term that makes us sound very sophisticated and wise when we use it. Let’s analyze what it really means. "
15 " As a rabbi, I’ve spent long hours counseling people I’ve married, and in each case I like to talk with the couple about not only compatibility and love, but also their relationship with money. If you and your partner are not in the same financial mind-frame, then chances are your marriage won’t work. You can’t be an army of one when you are married. Financial problems are the number one cause of divorce. "
16 " My people have more know-how in dealing with money than any other people on earth. It is not just a stereotype. I have traveled the world, and everywhere I go, Jews are always represented within the wealthiest sector of people in their countries. During the last 2,000 years, Jews have been expelled or turned away from almost every country in the world, but over and over again, they have been able to re-settle, start from nothing, and build significant wealth in new lands. "
17 " My grandfather created a fortune that allowed him to live in luxury. He also went on to build the first industrial building in an area of San Paulo that eventually became one of the largest wholesale neighborhoods in the world. When my grandfather passed away, he left millions of dollars to my family as an inheritance. That inheritance, however, would have been worthless if he had not also given us his legacy of personal responsibility and work ethic. My grandfather refused to be defined by others, therefore setting not only the value of his product, but also of himself and his family. "
18 " Luxury items are those things that are mass-produced by a third party and marketed to us to purchase so that we can express our individuality. "
19 " arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom "
20 " Remember, buying something is not the problem. The problem comes when we believe, for that moment, that the object we’re buying is going to make us happy. "