Character Quote by John Adams

Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.

— Frederic Bastiat

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

— Aldous Huxley

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and humility--and made a chart…

— Gretchen Rubin

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are…

— Benjamin Franklin

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

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