Written by Stephanie Koprince

Personal Financial Guru: From Suze Orman to Queen Latifah

I don’t know about you, but I have no idea what my actual checking account balance is. I have a budget that I shamefully recalculate monthly to compensate for excessive spending.

Words like 401K, health savings account and retirement plan intimidate me. As the child of a helicopter parent, most of these ideas are foreign to me; I’ve always felt financially infantile.

Positive mantras from women I look up to have helped me in all aspects of life, and finances are an area I need a lot of motivation and pick-me-ups. Check out these powerful quotes from 18 women you might recognize pertaining to wealth, money and happiness.

I hope they motivate you as they have motivated me!