Thrifty Quotes

• It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Preparation, Today

  Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms

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• Be thrifty, but not covetous.

  George Herbert

  Economy, Economy And Economics

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.8

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• If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  Benjamin Franklin (1848). “The Way to Wealth”, p.4

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• Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Character, Self, Wealth

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• The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

  Publilius Syrus

  Men, Cautious, Thrift

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

  John Templeton

  Too Much

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• I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Believe, Aquariums, Essentials

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch

  Benjamin Franklin

  Dutch, Poor Richard, Maxims

  Benjamin Franklin (1849). “Poor Richard's almanac for 1850-52”, p.36

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• It's smart to be thrifty.

  Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

  Smart, Advertising, Thrift

  Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1967). “Macy's, Gimbels, and Me: How to Earn $90,000 a Year in Retail Advertising”

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• Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Queens, Glasses, Alcohol

  'The School for Scandal' (1777) act 3, sc. 3

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• A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Wife, Income

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1868). “John Ploughman's Talk; or, plain advice for plain people”, p.109

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• Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.

  Ezra Miller

  New York, Kids, Stuff

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• Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.

  Sophocles

  Stewards, Goods

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• Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Work, Thoughtful, Moments

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.620

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• Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.

  Aristotle

  Men, Next Day, Forever

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• In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Nature, Spring, White

  Mary Baker Eddy (1916). “Miscellaneous Writings: 1883-1896”

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• 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

  People, Frugality, Avarice

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• Caring for God's endowment in a thrifty fashion is a form of biblical obedience.

  Ted Malloch

  Fashion, Biblical, Caring

  "Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.

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• Thyself and thy belongings
  Are not thine own so proper, as to waste
  Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.
  Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
  Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
  Did not go forth of us 't were all alike
  As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd
  But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends
  The smallest scruple of her excellence,
  But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
  Herself the glory of a creditor -
  Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Issues, Heaven

  William Shakespeare (1842). “The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. As you like it. Measure for measure”, p.383

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• Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: 'I'm saving food!' Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: 'I'm saving my life!'

  George Carlin

  Intelligent, Hair, Blue

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.393, Hachette UK

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• 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 man who is starving to eat less.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Insulting, Sometimes

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1035, GENERAL PRESS

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• If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.

  William Shakespeare

  Virtue, Ifs

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• Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread.

  Zelda Popkin

  Fate, Destiny, Use

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• The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the man of imagination, fanciful. Even perseverance ends up in a sort of stupidity. Just as, on the other hand, being too willing to understand too many opinions, too diverse ways of seeing, constancy is lost and the mind goes astray in a restless fickleness.

  Andre Gide

  Perseverance, Men, Hands

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.289, Routledge

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• A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

  Seneca the Younger

  Coward, Cautious, Misers

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