65 Quotes by Celso Cukierkorn

We Jews created the concept of good luck. Luck in Hebrew is mazel, which is not actually a word. It is an acronym for three words: 1. makom = place2. zman = time3. lamud = work

Smart people always choose comfort over luxury

When I was a small boy, I used to play with toy cars and dream about the day I could own a real one. Many people still play with their cars today. They are in their 20s, 40s, maybe even 70s, but they still behave like little children when it comes to purchasing an automobile.There is a simple law at work in the universe: if it has a motor, it’s going down in value.

arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom

If you are debt free and got $10 in your pocket, you are already wealthier than 25% of Americans.

I can't promise you that money will bring you happiness, because it didn't do it for me.But the lack of it, for sure, will bring you unhappiness.Money buys you options and security. Without options and security your soul cannot soar and be free.From my Upcoming book

Remember, buying something is not the problem. The problem comes when we believe, for that moment, that the object we’re buying is going to make us happy.

In the end of the day it matters much more how wise you spent your money than how much of it you have gathered.Because the most important tool to measure your financial maturity is based uniquely on the first part of the question and the ability to keep money is more important than the ability to make money.Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn

As we understand it, everything is in the Bible for one reason – to teach us a lesson. Thus, in the beginning of the Bible, we see how God budgets His time for labor, and He saves the seventh day for rest, or retirement. The concept of budgeting was created by God to give us a life of prosperity in the world He created for us, so we should learn to budget as a way to emulate God in our financial life.