Frugality Quotes

64 quotes by 44 authors

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. — Andrew Johnson
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof.… — George Washington
Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality. — Samuel Johnson
With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich. — Seneca the Younger
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,… — George Mason
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. — Samuel Johnson
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and… — Elise M. Boulding
One of the better ways to simplify our lives is to follow the counsel we have so often received to live within our income, stay… — L. Tom Perry
A man often pays dear for a small frugality. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption. — Confucius
Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two… — Benjamin Franklin
If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big upside… — Robert Wright
Frugality is misery in disguise. — Publilius Syrus
Frugality is for the vulgar. — Francois Rabelais
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. — Samuel Johnson
... frugality makes a poor man rich. — Seneca the Younger
I am strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware that I am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my… — Albert Einstein
Eat it up, make it do, wear it out. — Calvin Coolidge
Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year. — George Herbert
Frugality is a handsome income. — Desiderius Erasmus

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