Thrift Quotes

Frugality is misery in disguise.

— Publilius Syrus

Thrift is a great revenue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We shop a lot at garage sales, thrift stores.

— Jim Bob Duggar

Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Thrift is poetic because it is creative.”

— G.K. Chesterton

Thrift is of great revenue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Talk is cheap, so leave it at the thrift store.”

— Lilly Singh

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

— Ambrose Bierce

We were so poor. Every item of clothing came from a thrift store.

— Gina Schock

All you have to do is buy cheap and sell dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent.

— Hetty Green

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

— Anonymous

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

— Anonymous

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.

— George Eliot

Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

— Confucius

“Maskini mwenye pesa nyingi ni tajiri bahili. Tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka ni tajiri badhiri.”

— Enock Maregesi

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle…

— Oscar Wilde

If hard work, integrity, thrift, and perseverance have caused you to succeed, then you don't owe anyone an apology for winning.

— Dave Ramsey

I feel like I got my first real taste of Caribbean and Cuban culture while I was there. I have quite a…

— Ayshay

I'm a total bargain shopper. I love finding a good deal! I shop at thrift stores...and places like Forever 21! I do…

— Amber Lancaster

Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.

— Alan Bishop

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical…

— Orison Swett Marden

I am a theater girl, and a lot of theater girls dress however pleases them. I wear whatever looks good on me.…

— Kirsten Vangsness

Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes. The debt habit is the twin brother…

— Theodore T. Munger

It almost seemed as if there must be some random and of course unfair thrift in the emotional housekeeping of the world,…

— Alice Munro

Don't spend all of your money a quarter at a time. Save up and buy something special, something fine, something of lasting…

— Jim Rohn

You have not known what you are--you have slumber'd upon yourself all your life; Your eye-lids have been the same as closed…

— Walt Whitman

I'm not really frightened by experimenting - that's the main thing. I really like mixing very old beautiful pieces that are from…

— Bat for Lashes

We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save,…

— Owen D. Young

Eighteen months ago, when first I stood before you I called attention, as earnestly and seriously as I knew how, to what…

— J. Reuben Clark

To lose sensibility, to see what one sees, As if sight had not its own miraculous thrift, To hear only what one…

— Wallace Stevens

A great day on tour would be if I would say a two-hour drive, so you can wake up and you don't…

— Kevin Morby

The true thrift is always to spend on the higher plane; to invest and invest, with keener avarice, that he may spend…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but…

— Christian Marclay

Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“That law of nature whereby everything climbs to higher platforms, and bodily vigor becomes mental and moral vigor. The bread he eats…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The system is not intended as a substitute for private savings, pension plans, and insurance protection. It is, rather, intended as the…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We have come to world leadership because our people have had the opportunity to develop this nation under a government and a…

— Herbert V. Prochnow

There is a wise old saying 'Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'. Thrift is a practice…

— James E. Faust

I've been realizing lately how horribly vain I am. I do believe that if I'm successful, it's because of my talent and…

— Laverne Cox