{"quotes":[{"text":"Finances flow along the lines of relationships in the kingdom of God.","author":"Fred C. White","tags":["finances","kingdom-of-god","kingdom-principles","personal-finances","prosperity"],"id":10155,"author_id":"Fred+C.+White"},{"text":"Proformas rarely perform; missed projections are more often the norm. Still, we skew them up high, we miss but we try, for proformas which rarely perform.","author":"Ryan Lilly","tags":["business-plan","business-plans","entrepreneur","entrepreneur","entrepreneurial","entrepreneurs","entrepreneurship","finance","finance","finances","financial-forecast","financial-forecasting","financial-proformas","financial-projections","forecast","forecasting","guess","guesses","guessing","innovation","proforma","proformas","projections","startup","startup","startups"],"id":10867,"author_id":"Ryan+Lilly"},{"text":"Money on its own is nothing but peace of paper, and a million kwacha's today maybe worth only two bags of Irish potatoes in 10 years time due to inflation. Don't keep your millions at the bank and boost that your rich, those are just papers, put them on the investments that covers for inflation as well.","author":"Ekari Mtewa","tags":["finance-management-tools","finances","financial-freedom","motivational","success"],"id":76042,"author_id":"Ekari+Mtewa"},{"text":"Some take pains to be biblical, but many [Christian financial teachers, writers, investment counselors, and seminar leaders] simply parrot their secular colleagues. Other than beginning and ending with prayer, mentioning Christ, and sprinkling in some Bible verses, there's no fundamental difference. They reinforce people's materialist attitudes and lifestyles. They suggest a variety of profitable plans in which people can spend or stockpile the bulk of their resources. In short, to borrow a term from Jesus, some Christian financial experts are helping people to be the most successful 'rich fools' they can be.","author":"Randy Alcorn","tags":["christianity","finances","financial-planning","fool","foolish","hoarding","investment","materialism","planning","profits","saving","selfishness","stewardship"],"id":82218,"author_id":"Randy+Alcorn"},{"text":"Balancing your money is the key to having enough.","author":"Elizabeth Warren","tags":["finances","money","money-happiness","money-issues","money-management","money-tools"],"id":93199,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Warren"},{"text":"...When women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses.","author":"Sheryl WuDunn","tags":["finances","money","small-business","women"],"id":93428,"author_id":"Sheryl+WuDunn"},{"text":"You will never learn to fly unless you jump!","author":"Weston L. Blair","tags":["finances","financial-advice","inspirational-attitude","motivation","personal-growth","personall-development","self-improvment","success","wealthy"],"id":110655,"author_id":"Weston+L.+Blair"},{"text":"Lovely as it would be to live off a trust fund and have nothing more taxing to think about than where your next hot stone massage was coming from, it's essential for all human beings to have a purpose. There's no honour in boasting “I don't work, dahling...” If you're not stretching yourself, discovering where your gifts lie, expressing your creativity, or enriching the lives of others, what are you for?","author":"Rosie Blythe","tags":["career","finances","work"],"id":112067,"author_id":"Rosie+Blythe"},{"text":"Money does not dictate your lifestyle, it's what you do to get it and how you manage your finances that determines your lifestyle.","author":"Wayne Chirisa","tags":["change","change-your-life","finances","financial-planning","inspiring","inspiring-","inspiring","inspiring-on-life","life","life-and-living","life-changing","life-lessons","money","money-issues","money-management","motivation","motivational","motivational","succeeding-in-life","success","success","successful-living"],"id":121476,"author_id":"Wayne+Chirisa"},{"text":"For example, the citizens will live out the value of diligence in their enterprises. They will live out the value of prudence in their finances. They will live out the value of industry in the economy. They will live out the value of love in their neighbourhood. They will live out the value of dignity of labour in the market place, etc. All these will go a long way into propelling both the economy and political life of a nation to the greatest height possible.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["citizens","dignity","diligence","enterprises","example","finances","greatest","height","labor","live","market","neighborhood","place","political","possible","propelling","prudence","will"],"id":123566,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":35,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}