Quotes About Frugality

We were spoiled in many ways, but we were always taught to understand the value of the dollar. If there was something we wanted, we had to earn it. Even in college, we were very fiscally responsible. I had 300 bucks a month; anything I wanted beyond that, I had to work for.

The American people know that we cannot spend our way to prosperity.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

No matter how much money you have, it's just smart to use coupons. It's like free money in your pocket.

I usually make films with $2 and a paper clip.

To enjoy a long, comfortable retirement, save more today.

We didn't have a lot of money growing up, so my mom didn't buy a lot of extras, like sweet things.

He lived on frankness and economy.

Nunca uses tu propio dinero si puedes gastar el de otros.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left to him owes to his father's care.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you

No matter where you go, management is always a bunch of cheap bastards.

I had my car towed. There's nothing wrong with it. That was just cheaper than buying a tank of gas.

cloth bundles, chickens, and baskets.

Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make.

Some of the wealthiest people in the world became wealthy by saving money.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.