32 Quotes by Jordan Belfort (The REAL Wolf of Wall Street)

There’s only 1 way to get rich, quick! But not through a get rich quick scheme. There’s a difference.

Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers.

You don’t choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love – that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love, where two people can’t stand to be apart from each other for even a moment – how are you supposed to let a love like that pass you by?

I do not come from a rich family, but I come from a really good family.

If I earn a million dollars a week and the average American earns a thousand dollars a week, then when I spend twenty thousand dollars on something it’s the equivalent of the average American spending twenty dollars on something, right?

If you want to be rich, never give up. People tend to give up. If you have persistence, you will come out ahead of most people. More importantly, you will learn. When you do something, you might fail. But that’s not because you’re a failure. It’s because you have not learnt enough. Do it differently each time. One day, you will do it right. Failure is your friend.

Act as if you’re a wealthy man, rich already, and you will become rich. Act as if you have unmatched confidence, and people will have confidence in you. Act as if you have all the answers, and the answers will come to you.

Winners use words that say ‘must’ and ‘will’.

But what was wrong with that? They were drunk on youth, fueled by greed, and higher than kites.