Quotes About Thrift

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

If you go to Bed Bath & Beyond without a coupon, people will wonder if you're OK.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

Look after the pennies, and the pounds always looked after themselves.

The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal.

he believed that a man must learn constantly. He loathed waste of any kind,

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.

We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end.

Work hard, think hard, be honest, and spend little - this will "make common gold".

There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn.