Know Yourself, Know Your Money Quotes

“We’re setting our kids up for failure when we teach them that what they really need is more of us and less of themselves. A great parent finds ways to allow children to fail so that they can teach that child one of the most important lessons in life: “You can fail, but Mom and Dad will never stop loving you. We’ll show you how to stand back up on your feet and try again.” If you really want to teach a child how to succeed, you have to teach them how to plow through failure.15”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“If we believe the problem is too big for us to solve, it will be. If we believe we can conquer the mountain, we will. And how we’re going to do it will come to us in time.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“For example, maybe you and your spouse decide to cover your parents’ mortgage for three months and match their savings for an emergency fund if they go through Financial Peace University and work the plan.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“When we look at our childhood money classrooms, there are really two ways we learned about money: what our parents communicated emotionally and what they communicated verbally.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“Ninety percent of solving a problem is realizing there is one.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“The fear of not having enough is often asking, “Am I safe?” • The fear of not realizing dreams is often asking, “Does my life have meaning and purpose?” • The fear of not being capable and being held back by external forces is often asking, “Can I believe in myself?” • The fear of past mistakes is often asking, “Can I be forgiven?”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“If we believe we can conquer the mountain, we will. And how we’re going to do it will come to us in time.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“Hope is believing your actions will create a positive outcome.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“Guilt can be helpful. It can move us to make a better decision next time. But shame is debilitating. Bestselling author Brené Brown defines shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed, and therefore, unworthy of love and belonging.”12 In The Lion King, Simba ran away from his life because he thought he was a failure. He thought he was unworthy. Remember what happened just before Simba faced his past? Don’t miss this: Simba gets a message from his father reminding him who he is. The order here is everything. Simba had to remember who he really was in order to take on his past mistakes and move forward.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“The key here is to not only prepare for your dream, but also to keep your hope burning while you’re doing the hard work of building a solid financial foundation. As long as you keep your hope alive, you’ll be able to overcome whatever setbacks you face—no matter how long it takes to achieve your dream.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“Sometimes your season of life slows your progress. When this happens, remember it’s temporary. Don’t give up on your dream—just be realistic about what it will take to get there.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“money is just a magnifying glass: It makes you more of whoever you are. If you’re kind and generous, you’ll be even more kind and generous with money. If you’re rude and self-centered, you’ll be even more rude and self-centered with money. Money is just a tool and has nothing to do with your identity.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“Global researcher and thought leader Marcus Buckingham said, “Childhood either enables you or stunts you; it doesn’t create you.”3 Your childhood may have given you a rocky start, but it doesn’t make or break you.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!

“In the same way that you can’t expect to get a pass on the hard work, you also can’t expect your standard of living to automatically be the same as your parents. Radio personality Larry Burkett used to say that couples spend the first five to seven years of their marriage trying to attain the same standard of living as their parents—only it took their parents thirty-five years to get there.”
― Rachel Cruze, Know Yourself Know Your Money: Discover WHY you handle money the way you do, and WHAT to do about it!