“Before you invest in something, invest the time to understand it.”

The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.

It’s not who was right or who was wrong when a mistake was made. It’s about who learned from it.

Making more money will not solve your problems if cash flow management is your problem.

Sometimes we win, sometimes we learn.

The richest people in the world build networks. Everyone else is trained to look for work, that’s why there are two types of people today. Those who build their own dreams and those who build someone else dreams.

To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis.

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind.

If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.

You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

The only difference between a RICH person and a POOR person is how they use their time.

The right decisions come from the right focus. You’ll succeed if your focus is on the mission, not the money.

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.

Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.

Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge.

We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we’d invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I’ve probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.

I often get offered things that are so similar to things that I have done, and life is too short. When you make a film or a show, as you get older, that’s a lot of time to be doing something that you’re not absolutely invested in or in love with.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

You know, a balance-sheet is like a bikini, it shows more but it hides what is vital. I learnt to read a balance sheet and then I got fascinated by stocks.

Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.

The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.

Bull markets have valuation froth and bull markets have commitment forth. Now just by valuation froth, bull markets do not end.

Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.