Quotes about Thrift
Let frugality and industry be our virtues.
- John Adams
Mere parsimony is not economy…. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.
- Edmund Burke
No scrap of paper bigger than my smallest punch shall be thrown away.
- Anonymous
Through our combined efforts the kids received your everyday heartland upbringing, based on the same old bedrock values: a belief in the importance of hard work, honesty, neighborliness, and thrift.
- Sam Walton
Oblivion here thy wisdom is, Thy thrift, the sleep of cares; For a proud idleness like this Crowns all thy mean affairs.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down.
- Joseph Heller
A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.
- Charles Spurgeon
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.
- Andrew Jackson
Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.
- Abraham Lincoln
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
- Cicero