58 Quotes by Michelle Singletary

My kids have to maintain good grades. They have to be involved in activities. They have to report to me how thing are going. I watch for any activity that would steer them wrong - drinking, drugs, etc. So their skin in the game is knowing the money won't be there if they don't do their part.

I just don't like people taking debt into retirement.

I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.

If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.

I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.

We all fall - even me.

That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.

The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent during the first half of 2011.

Priorities lead to prosperity.