Quotes About Thrift

The Parisian is of all men the most sophisticated. Paris is a city of realists, unaffected by sentimentality; a city of industry and thrift; a city of irony, but rarely of laughter, of wit but never or humour, of superficial intolerance and yet of people who regard the rest of the world with more or less amiable contempt.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Folk tell their children that success lies in working hard and being thrifty, but that is as much nonsense as supposing that a badger, a fox and a wolf could build a church. The way to wealth is to become a Christian bishop or a monastery's abbot and thus be imbued with heaven's permission to lie, cheat and steal your way to luxury.

Folk tell their children that success lies in working hard and being thrifty, but that is as much nonsense as supposing that a badger, a fox, and a wolf could build a church. The way to wealth is to become a Christian bishop or a monastery's abbot and thus be imbued with heaven's permission to lie, cheat, and steal your way to luxury.

Inexpensive is good.

In Edinburgh, they've got the most insane charity shops ever.

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp.

I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show.

Scrimp and pinch to make ends meet, thought Ramona, liking the sound of the words.

I used to keep a coin jar and would cash it in when I was pinched a little, back-in-the-day. I would always be shocked when the amount totaled $200 to $300.

Thrift was never more necessary in the world's history than it is today.

Still we live meanly like ants.

Henry Hazlitt

There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank!

son of the steward." As the nicknames make clear, we don't like to spend a lot of money. But we don't economize just for the sake of skimping.

Commit to not going back to the store no matter what. If you run out of something like a spice or an accompanying vegetable, substitute with something else.

I do a lot of vintage shopping. I love going to second-hand stores.

One of his self–imposed tasks was to go about the house after Lester, or the servants, turning out the gas–jets or electric–light bulbs which might accidentally have been left burning. That was a sinful extravagance.

Never waste, never worry

You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground.

they were demons about cost. They enjoyed finding a bargain and were proud of getting good quality at a low price. They took great satisfaction in not paying extra for fancy packaging or marketing gimmicks. They were committed to keeping the weekly shopping bill as low as possible.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy.