Quotes About Frugality

It's my third boy in less than three years so there wasn't a lot to do. Hand-me-downs from my other children. I'm recycling so it was a very easy thing.

I had a really hard time growing up; we were a large family, and we didn't have much money at home.

The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally.

If you made a list of Hilda's remarks throughout the day, you'd find three bracketed together at the top—'We can't afford it', 'It's a great saving', and 'I don't know where the money's to come from'.

You've learned the lessons well. You first learned to live on less than you earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who are competent. Lastly, you've learned to make gold work for you.

a part of all I earned was mine to keep.

You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you.

You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experience to give it. And lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you.

La riqueza, al igual que un árbol, crece de una semilla pequeña. La primera moneda de cobre que ahorras es la semilla de donde tu árbol de riqueza crecerá. Entre más pronto plantes esa semilla, más pronto crecerá el árbol. Y entre más fiel seas para nutrir y dar agua a ese árbol con ahorros consistentes, más pronto podrás disfrutar debajo de su sombra". Ya con esas palabras, tomó sus tablas de barro y se fue.

You  first  learned  to  live  upon  less  than  you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you.

You speak but half the truth," he retorted. "Every gold piece you save is a slave to work for you. Every copper it earns is its child that also can earn for you. If you would become wealthy, then what you save must earn, and its children must earn, that all may help to give to you the abundance you crave.

Arkad,' he continued, 'you have learned your lessons well. You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you. "'You have taught yourself how

For each ten coins I put in, to spend but nine.

ÉSTE, MIS ESTUDIANTES, FUE EL PRIMER REMEDIO QUE DESCUBRÍ PARA MI BOLSA ESCASA: DE CADA DIEZ MONEDAS QUE COLOCO, SOLO GASTO NUEVE. Debátanlo entre ustedes. Si algún hombre puede probar que esto no es cierto, dígame la siguiente vez que nos volvamos a reunir.

him who keepeth and spendeth not a certain part of all his earnings, shall gold come more easily. Likewise, him whose purse is empty does gold avoid.

Every gold piece you save is a slave to work for you. Every copper it earns is its child that also can earn for you. If you would become wealthy, then what you save must earn, and its children must earn, that all may help to give to you the abundance you crave.

This, my students, was the first cure I did discover for my lean purse: For each ten coins I put in, to spend but nine.

I grew up in a family that was working-class, which taught me to be careful with money.

I'm really good at turning off lights, it's a working-class thing.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.

The miserable misery of the miser

Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.

I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.