Quotes About Thrift

My personal style comes from jugaad, a Hindi word meaning doing more with less.

I've never had someone pick outfits for me. Almost everything I get is from Goodwill.

Spare not, nor spend too much, be this thy care, Spare but to spend, and only spend to spare. Who spends too much may want, and so complain; But he spends best that spares to spend again.

I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

I was the kid at school who wore clothes from charity shops.

I love charity shops.

I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.

A man often pays dear for a small frugality.

Any man who would walk five miles through the snow, barefoot, just to return a library book so he could save three cents - that's my kind of guy.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

The art of getting riches consists very much in thrift. All men are not equally qualified for getting money, but it is in the power of every one alike to practice this virtue.

Economy, the poor man's mint.

A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.

My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.

The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

Put money in thy purse.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.