Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption. — Confucius
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. — Berthold Auerbach
In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others. — Maimonides
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. — Andrew Jackson
Austerity is an ornament, humility is honorable. — Indian Proverbs
Short Frugality Quotes
Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality. — John Tyler
Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can. — John Wesley
Cheap is expensive. — Mexican Proverbs
Use it up, make do, or do without. — American Proverbs
A penny saved is a penny gained. — Scottish Proverbs
We can easily run a business with less, although to many people that seems counterintuitive. — Paul Jarvis
The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be smart with your money because money can make life a little easier. — 21 Savage
You can’t get taught how to manage money by somebody that’s poor. — 21 Savage
Ever since I’ve been saving money and not spending it on jewelry, I’ve been getting way richer. — 21 Savage
Industry And Frugality Quotes
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. — Benjamin Franklin
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. — Benjamin Franklin
The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything. — Benjamin Franklin
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. — Benjamin Franklin
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield. — Benjamin Franklin
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last. — Benjamin Franklin
Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything. — Benjamin Franklin
Let frugality and industry be our virtues. — John Adams
Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority. — Marcus Aurelius
Frugal Living Quotes
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. — Elise M. Boulding
People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can’t fathom. — Naval Ravikant
The organized churches must become schools of spiritual discipline where Christians are taught how to own without treasuring (Matt. 6:21); how to possess without, like the "rich young ruler," being possessed (Mark 10:22); how to live simply, even frugally, though controlling great wealth and power. — Dallas Willard
I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world. — George Santayana
Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. — Jack Kornfield
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. — Alice Walker
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. — Elise M. Boulding
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. — Lucretius
You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.' — Kirsten Dunst
She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines. — Haruki Murakami
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else. — Nikos Kazantzakis
Success is not necessarily about connections, or cutting corners, or chamba - the three Cs of bad business. Call it trite, but believe me: success can be achieved through hard work, frugality, integrity, responsiveness to change, and most of all, boldness to dream. — John Gokongwei
The amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn.. people earning a million dollars a year can have no money and.. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It's not what you earn, it's what you spend. — Paul Clitheroe
You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground. — Garrett Camp
I’m gonna be on a budget until the day I die. — Cardi B
We don’t spend a lot of money to sell the product. — Eric Yuan
Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner. — Pope Leo XIII
Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world. — Patti Smith
I am trying to make sure that I don’t spend on ridiculous things, so that after all this YouTube thing goes, I’m not left there, like, ‘Uh oh, I have nothing.’ — KSI
I’m serious about it, and I want to spend my money wise. I’m not going to throw away any money. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. — Lao Tzu
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. — Lao Tzu
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials. — Diane Von Furstenberg
Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t love. — Ramit Sethi
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue. — George Mason
There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds the bread of life and starves their souls. — Horace Mann
Inflation is the cruelest tax. — Thomas Phelps
I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example. — Amory Lovins
Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money. — Charley Reese
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. — Jeff Bezos
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. — John Gokongwei
Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. — Benjamin Franklin
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