Dave Ramsey Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Children who reach the age of eighteen with their entire skills set composed on Nintendo and eating Doritos have been neglected. Their parents neglected to give them the character traits necessary to live successfully.”

“While I encourage people to save 100% down for a home, a mortgage is the one debt that I don't frown upon.”

“Hitting bottom and hitting it hard was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“I think the lie we've told people in the marketplace is that a degree gets you a job. A degree doesn't get you a job. What gets you a job is the ability to carry yourself into that room and shake a hand and look someone in the eye and have people skills. These are the things that cause people to become successful.”

“We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president.”

“My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid.”

“You're not a bad parent if you don't save for your kid's college because instead you had to choose to feed them and clothe them. Those things come first. They can go to school and do this thing called 'work' while they're in school.”

“When people get scared, they quit giving.”

“My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table.”

“I have to live my books before I write them.”