Quotes About Frugality

We are men on a budget. I mean, why go all the way to Amsterdam when you can just go to Harry Hines?

Economy, the poor man's mint.

George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it.

A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.

When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

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

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.

Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

Sorry, Vern. I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents.

I don't know if this sounds bad, but I am set. I don't spend my money. I don't buy cars or have an expensive drug habit. The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.

Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.

Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times.

We must teach our children not to spend their money a dollar at a time. If you spend your dollar at a time, you'll wind up with trinkets instead of treasures.