Money Quote by Amy Dacyczyn

“The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others.…

— Amy Dacyczyn

The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.

— Raj Patel

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

— Owen D. Young

“Philanthropy is not about money...its about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help.”

— Timothy Pina

The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making…

— Marvin J. Ashton

“To part with money is a sacrifice beyond almost all men endowed with a sense of order. There is scarcely any man alive who…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.

— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Thrift is care and scruple in the spending of one's means. It is not a virtue and it requires neither skill nor talent.

— Immanuel Kant

“Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance... But the thing is true; economy, properly understood, is the more poetic.…

— G.K. Chesterton

“We need to start to talk about money in ways that dethrone it and make it subject to human ethics and standards of love…

— Joel Solomon

“I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that…

— John D. Rockefeller

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help little men by tearing…

— Anonymous