Financial Freedom Quotes

“Money will be with you for the rest of your life, so take the time to build a positive relationship with it—a relationship that you control.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Every $1 invested today is worth hours, if not days, of your freedom in the future. The more you save today, the more time you buy in the future.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“The rich look at money not as a limited resource that they need to maximize (the way most people do), but as a fungible tool that can be used for any purpose. They take advantage of every opportunity to make more money and build wealth in as many ways as possible—by cutting expenses, optimizing their fees/prices, minimizing their taxes, building multiple income streams, and using whatever other ways they can find. They focus on making as much money as possible per minute and hour of their time.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“whenever we spend money instead of investing it, we are actually taking from ourselves—we are taking both the time we spent to make the money and the future freedom it can buy.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“What are the hours of your life worth? What are you willing to trade them for? How much money are you willing to trade for your time?”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Spend money on what you really value and save on what you don’t.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Experiences—travel, going out with friends, hanging out with your family in the park, getting lost in a music festival, camping, meeting new people, etc.—might bring more joy to your life than possessions would.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Experiences—travel, going out with friends, hanging out with your family in the park, getting lost in a music festival, camping, meeting new people, etc.—might bring more joy to your life than possessions would".”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“The less money you need, the sooner you can reach financial independence".”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Many of the richest and most successful people I know are the most frugal".”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“If you really look at what you love doing and what makes you happiest, you might need a lot less money to live a life you love than you think you do.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“How much is an hour of your life worth? How much money are you willing to trade for it? Keep this in mind throughout the evaluation and negotiation process. This is more than a job or a salary, it’s your time and your life energy.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“If you move to a smaller apartment, walk to work, and cook at home, you could potentially increase your savings rate to 50 percent or even higher, cutting decades off the amount of time it will take you to reach financial independence.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“If you figure out how to save the most money possible on your biggest expenses, you won’t have to worry so much about the smaller expenses because you’ll have saved so much already.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“we often spend so much time and energy worrying about how to save a few bucks here and there when we could save so much more with relatively little effort by considering a few key purchases.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Budgeting is a lot like dieting: the more guilt you feel, the less likely you are to stick with it.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“the best way to save money is simply not to spend. It’s up to you to decide whether it’s worth it. Those trade-offs can add up to a lifetime of freedom.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“By asking yourself, “Is this money worth more to me today or in the future?” you will find yourself much more willing to invest money instead of spending it.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“You are losing out when you buy something not just because you spent the money, but because you missed the opportunity for it to grow.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Just as every dollar you invest helps you get closer to your number and reduces the amount of time required to hit it, any dollar you spend means you will have to work more and it will take you more time to reach financial freedom.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“When you buy anything today, you are sacrificing the opportunity to save and grow that money. Thus with every purchase, you increase the amount of time you need to hit your number.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“money is infinite, but time is not. Any time you are getting paid to work, you are trading time from your life for money.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“A popular strategy is to always wait thirty days before any purchase over a set dollar amount—say, $100, or, only checking out from your online shopping cart once a month. Over time this level of mindfulness will help you more easily identify the things worth spending money on and maximize your enjoyment per dollar.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Buy what you want, what gives you joy, and say no to anything that is “meh” or “maybe” or “I don’t know.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Don’t give up what you enjoy just to save a few bucks. Trust me, when it comes to the bigger picture, that small moment of happiness is likely more valuable than the extra money you are saving.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“It’s crazy to me how many people stop side hustling in this way once they get a full-time job. Side hustling—what I define as any way you make money outside of your full-time job—is a relatively simple way to become an entrepreneur and diversify your income streams without taking the risk of leaving your full-time job.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“While both are essential, to fast-track financial freedom, increasing your income is more powerful than cutting back on your expenses because you can only cut back so much and it gives you the opportunity to invest more money more often, accelerating the rate of compounding and the growth of your money.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“I’ve talked with so many people who tell me “I’m stuck at my job and I hate it,” but they’ve never taken a close look at their expenses to see how much money they really need, or they aren’t willing to make a change in their lifestyle so they can actually be happier. Life’s too short to not enjoy it.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“The less money you need, the sooner you can reach financial independence. You need a lot of money to retire, but you probably need less than you think. That’s because—and this is something you won’t read in any traditional personal finance or retirement book: The younger you are, the less money you need to have saved before you can “retire” as long as you follow a few simple rules.”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

“Impulse is an enemy of financial freedom. The next time you think about buying something, ask yourself, Is this worth trading my freedom for?”
― Grant Sabatier, Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need