Quotes About Frugality

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

His life was one of simplicity and deprivation.

But I'm living proof you don't have to spend a lot in order to look great.

Under the Constitution, our government follows the model set out by Thomas Jefferson: "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions"—the margin-of-safety idea applied to personal finance.21

It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.

I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs, or six cats, or will let me make a difference to the one woman saving chimps in Cameroon.'

We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.

Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.

When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key.

and there are more things in this world than just your qi and ego. Lao-tzu understood this when he claimed that his three treasures were frugality, compassion, and humility. Avoid fanaticism by following Lao-tzu's example.

The word jugaad means a lot to us Indians.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

Inexpensive is good.

In Maine, there is a deeply ingrained sense that you can always get a little more use out of something.

It's funny: being green to me was ingrained because my parents were always trying to save money, save water, turn off the lights, or arrange a carpool. I don't think my parents even know what it means to be green, but they were.

Studies are freaking expensive! And yet I was careful... I was one of those who studied the less! (Miche colucci known as Coluche)

abstemiousness

Taking your own reflection as a lover is, moreover, another piece of prudent economy—for after all it costs nothing.

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

I was a poor kid. My mom saved money by shopping at the Army-Navy Surplus store, but I felt stupid going to kindergarten dressed as a Chinese General.

He was a ravenous reader, leading senior executives in discussion of books like Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma, and he had an utter aversion to doing anything conventionally. Employees were instructed to model his fourteen leadership principles, such as customer obsession, high bar for talent, and frugality, and they were trained to consider them daily when making decisions about things like new hires, promotions, and even trivial changes to products.