Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry…

In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the…

— Hilaire Belloc

For people who are at the bottom economically, the world is becoming a harder and harder place. And yet the incentives to become rich…

— Mohsin Hamid

“We’re taught we can pay for everything we need. Our very lives can be purchased, and by extension, we can buy the rights to…

— Elizabeth Willard Thames

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…

— Benjamin Franklin

Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year.

— George Herbert

Frugality was my side hustle. I was really good at it.

— Chris Sullivan

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

— Charles Dickens

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding…

— Elise M. Boulding

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which…

— Anonymous

“I’ll eventually replace my charity clothes with things I’ll buy for myself, but not until I’ve worn them through.”

— Jennifer Cody

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have…

— Seneca the Younger

In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat…

— Moliere

“The funeral carriage went slowly. It looked quite expensive, but that was Cockbill Street for you. People put money by. Vimes remembered that. You…

— Terry Pratchett

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.

— Agesilaus II

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

— John Wesley