- “You must work hard to guard your discretionary income as the most precious resource in your life. That means you have to widen the gap between the money you make and the money you spend.” Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Deal with Your Debt (Laura D. Adams)- Highlight Loc. 520-21
- “Net Worth Brackets: Based on our personal experiences in working with wealth holders and the experiences of the thousands of advisers we have trained across the United States and Canada, we believe the marketplace behaviors can be segmented into four categories: 1. Emerging Affluent: Under $1 million or $150,000 in annual household income. 2. Affluent: $1 to $3 million or $150,000 – $250,000 in annual household income. 3. Emerging Wealthy: $3 to $10 million or $250,000 – $500,000 in annual household income. 4. High Wealth: $10 million or more or $500,000 or more in annual household income. Source: Paul G. Schervish, Ph. D, Director, Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, Professor of Sociology, Boston College.” The Right Side of the Table: Where do You Sit in the Minds of the Affluent?By Scott Fithian and Todd Fithian. Page 13
- “Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are more than someone else’s. Their reward is being a cut above the rest. This is the enmity of pride.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson, (2014), 229–40
- 1 Corinthians 3: 6-7…6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.