Thrift Quotes

98 quotes by 82 authors

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Thrift is of great revenue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. — Lady Randolph Churchill
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit. — John Maynard Keynes
Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness… — J. Reuben Clark
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out. — Thomas Carlyle
The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or… — Christopher Hitchens
Ever since I was a kid, I've been into clothes, but not really labels- that's kind of only been in the last year or so.… — Lorde
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift… — Natalia Ginzburg
We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An… — Wendell Berry
It took thrift and savings, together with tremendous character and vision, to make our nation what it is today. And it will take thrift and… — John Wesley Snyder
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a… — Oscar Wilde
It's very much to do with how I'm feeling ... I love to be experimental and use eclectic mismatched things and put them together to… — Bat for Lashes
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most… — Joyce Thompson
Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who… — Peter George Peterson
We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is… — Owen D. Young
Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any… — Rudyard Kipling
Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after life, with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise… — Winston Churchill

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