Culture feeds us a steady diet of what it believes is important. If we're not careful, we can spend years working toward something that ends up meaning nothing to us.

It’s okay to have nice stuff - just don’t let your nice stuff have you.

Never put your identity in something that can be taken away.

The truth is that money is just a magnifying glass—it makes you more of who you already 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 simply a tool: You get to determine what to do with it.

There's no shame or guilt in a graceful no. The boundaries you put in place now for you, your money, your time, and your energy will only help you in the long run.

6 SIGNS OF FINANCIAL INFIDELITY: 1.) Hiding a purchase intentionally 2.) Getting cash back without telling your spouse 3.) Having a secret savings account 4.) Stashing bills 5.) Opening secret credit cards or new accounts 6.) Playing the dollar-for-dollar game

What the Fed's decision about interest rates can mean for you and your family.

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.

Being debt-free is not about life without payments. It's about life with opportunity.

Contentment isn’t when we have enough. It’s when what we have is enough.

Hope is believing your actions will have a positive outcome.

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.

What kind of life are you building? is it one of joy or jealousy? You get to choose.

No one has ever become poor by giving. Give away at least some of your money, whether through a tithe, charitable contribution, or gift to a friend in need. Not only does it generate good, but it generates contentment. Giving liberates the soul of the giver. You never walk away feeling badly.

Comparison will not only steal your joy, it'll also steal your paycheck.

Smart investors keep a long-term perspective. They don’t stress about how their investments have performed in the past few weeks or what they’ll do in the next couple of months. Focus on time in the market! You’ve got to choose to be patient and think long term here.

Don't compare your budget friendly lifestyle to people who use a lot of consumer debt. Because it's going to look like they're doing a whole lot better than they actually are.

Most of the expectations you think people have of you simply don't exist; these are expectations you put on yourself.