I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
Warren Buffett
To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep.
David Bailey
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Albert Einstein
Making money is a happiness. And that’s a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.
Muhammad Yunus
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.
Scott Alexander
If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw
I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
John D Rockefeller
Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it’s keeping it.
John McAfee
Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more.
Jack Benny
When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?
Rene Rivkin
The four most expensive words in the English language are, ‘This time it’s different.’
Sir John Templeton
Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing.
J Paul Getty
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
(This story appears in the 06 February, 2015 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)