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Quotes About Frugality

Economy is the thief of time.
~ Ethel Watts Mumford
As poor as a church mouse.
~ English Phrase
Dine on little, and sup on less.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
The best is the cheapest.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
~ Alice Walker
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting.
~ Benjamin Franklin
They spent all week saving pennies and went out Saturdays to spend fifty bucks in three hours.
~ Jack Kerouac
A penny saved is two pence clear.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I'm not really the type that spends money on myself.
~ Naomi Osaka
I tend to tell my readers to go for the cheapest ingredients every time, unless they're unbearable. If so, you only need to have them once and the next week switch up.
~ Jack Monroe
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
~ Aesop
And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
~ William Penn
Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.
~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
~ Vincent de Paul
It won't kill you to wear that same pair of socks one more day.
~ Tadahiko Nagao
Por su hombría está obligado a ser sano de cuerpo, prudente, lleno de entereza, honrado, orgulloso de sí mismo, intrépido, digno de sus antepasados y de su historia, paciente en la adversidad, intolerante con la debilidad de carácter, ascético, frugal y valeroso. Debe ser magnánimo y celoso de su honor, porque el hombre sin honor es lo más bajo que hay y se debe temer más al cobarde que al perverso.
~ Taylor Caldwell
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
~ Samuel Goldwyn
Pull in your belt, spend less, and reduce debt.
~ Ray Dalio
If there's not enough money in the bank account, you don't spend it.
~ Charles Schwab
I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did.
~ Lauren Hutton
The way to build your savings is by spending less each month.
~ Suze Orman
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.
~ Clint Eastwood
Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.
~ Buzz Aldrin
Cut back your spending now.
~ Suze Orman