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Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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For all your long-term investments, such as retirement accounts that you won't touch for at least ten years, you need a mix of stocks and bonds. Stocks offer the best shot at inflation-beating gains. But stocks don't always go up. That's where bonds come into play: They have less upside potential, but they also do not pack the same risk.
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I've learned from her [ Oprah Winfrey] really how to stand in one's truth, how if you just simply are who you are, you know, you're heavy, you're thin, you're happy, you're sad - if you just speak your truth as it comes into your mind, then that's what people relate to.
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We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?
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Absolutely pay off credit card debt. If you're not getting a match in your 401(k) and you've got credit card debt, you've got to get yourself out of credit card debt. When you get out of credit card debt, your credit score goes up and interest starts to go down.
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People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies.
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The way to build your savings is by spending less each month.
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Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.
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The happiest moment of my life happens once a day.
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To make the most of your money, I recommend sticking with mutual funds that don't charge a commission when you buy or sell.
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We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.
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I answered her spiritually. And that is where Oprah [Winfrey]comes from. She comes from a place of the truth within her. And I think that's why we clicked. And I think that's why we still continue to click.
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With success comes unhelpful criticism - ignore it.
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Abundance is about being rich, with or without money.
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We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.
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If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.
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Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.
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