Quote by William H. Whyte Jr

“I made 100 dollars, or a Ben Franklin, today. And out of that I probably spent his face, or about five bucks, but I…

— Jarod Kintz

“...unlocking the treasuries of real home love and mutual helpfulness, which the poorest may possess, and the richest cannot buy.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“This was my world: a world of truly irrational behavior. We spend our way into the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our…

— J.D. Vance

“Despite the pecuniary spirit of Poor Richard’s sayings and the penny-saving reputation they later earned Franklin, he did not have the soul of an…

— Walter Isaacson

Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

— John Templeton

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

— Raj Patel

“As long as I have food in my belly and can buy dumb stuff to decorate my house with, it doesn’t matter whether people…

— Becky Chambers

“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

“What if all my silly little individual purchases do matter? What if I joined a different movement, one that was less enticed by luxuries…

— Jen Hatmaker

“For in the average human house there is one hole by which money comes in and a hundred by which it goes out.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“So how do we sort it all out? The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in just one sentence. It is…

— Amy Dacyczyn

“I had no money, no food, no prospects, no contacts. Eating was my first priority, and for that, one usually needs money, and so…

— R. Canepa