Quotes about Thrift

Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance... thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste... if a man could undertake to make use of all the things in his dustbin, he would be a broader genius than Shakespeare.

The disposition of everything in the rooms, from the largest object to the least; the arrangement of colours, the elegant variety and contrast obtained by thrift in trifles, by delicate hands, clear eyes, and good sense; were at once so pleasant in themselves, and so expressive of their originator, that, as Mr. Lorry stood looking about him, the very chairs and tables seemed to ask him, with something of that peculiar expression which he knew so well by this time, whether he approved?

...without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Twopence a week, and jam every other day.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Mere parsimony is not economy . . . expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Thrift of time will repay you in afterlife, with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams; waste of it will make you dwindle, alike in intellectual and moral stature, beyond your darkest reckoning.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.