Quotes About Frugality

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

You've got to be frugal. If you want to make one peso and you spent two, you'll never make it. You must be very stupid if you don't know what you should save on.

Most people try to get rich by being cheap and the price for that is that you live cheap and there is so much money out there; why would you want to live cheap?

retried beans and rice.

Vices are simply overworked virtues, anyway. Economy and frugality are to be commended but follow them on in an increasing ratio and what do we find at the other end? A miser! If we overdo the using of spare moments we may find an invalid at the end, while perhaps if we allowed ourselves more idle time we would conserve our nervous strength and health to more than the value of the work we could accomplish by emulating at all times the little busy bee. Laura Ingalls Wilder; , February 20, 1916

it allows us to go to Walmart and more easily "ad-match

If you make a commitment to living within your means and using menu planning as a helpful tool, you might have to put in some extra effort and research, but the rewards can be incredibly delicious as you save money and expand your culinary expertise.

Commit to not going back to the store no matter what. If you run out of something like a spice or an accompanying vegetable, substitute with something else.

Words are like coin—it pays to hoard." "Until you die on a bed of gold," Paran said.

Saving was slow and painful.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Y fue el cochino afán del ahorro lo que agrió su carácter. El ahorro, cuando se hace a costa de una necesidad insatisfecha, ocasiona en los hombres acritud y encono.

I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget.

Don't waste your time or your money on cheap shit, baby, 'cause all you'll end up doing is paying for everythang twice.

Geizhälse sind die Plage ihrer Zeitgenossen, aber das Entzücken ihrer Erben.

Conservatism -- hard work -- saving one's money -- looking neat and gentlemanly. It was such an Eveless paradise, that.

I used to scrimp with Judy in one-room apartments.

I know that I can cook well on a low budget so I can't really justify spending a fortune on food.

When you grew up in a household where mom would keep the extra ketchup packets from McDonald's and keep them in a drawer just in case there came a day when you couldn't afford to buy ketchup anymore, that gets ingrained in you.

Fashion wasn't a label back in the '70s. We made our own clothes because we had no money.

Now you know how I justify my addictions—if I can pay less for it than I would at Wal-Mart, I get to have it.

I should be more frugal, but my weaknesses are books

Never waste, never worry