As a precious metal, silver is also money.
Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.
An example of good debt is the debt on the apartment houses I own. That debt is good only as long as there are tenants to pay my mortgages. If tenants stop paying their rent, my good debt turns into bad debt.
Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.
It's tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.
The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.
Israel will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purposes. If there is an attack, oil prices will go through the roof.
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
It costs governments money to keep fuel prices low. Oil-rich Yemen, for instance, devotes 9 percent of its GDP to making sure its people don't riot when oil prices rise.
Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.
When I was young, people lived from paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.
People say 'I want to be rich'. The question is, 'Are you willing to do what it takes?'
Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.
As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.
The minute a Wall Street firm purchases your debt, your bank no longer has it on its financial statement, which then allows the bank to look for more credit card customers. That's one reason why you get so many credit card offers.
If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.
I'm a real estate guy.
If I have cash and I can't figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.
Often, in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead but the bold.
Unfortunately, in a recession, the people who suffer the most aren't the rich, but the wanna-be rich and the poor.
