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Quotes About Improvidence

Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
~ Winston Churchill
My dear, the truth must be spoken. I declare I don't think I ever saw a young woman so improvident as you are. When are you to begin to think about getting married if you don't do it now? I shall never begin to think about it, till I buy my wedding clothes.
~ Anthony Trollope
She thought that Fontley had suffered as much from a negligent mistress as from an improvident master.
~ Georgette Heyer
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
~ Samuel Smiles