Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. ~S.W. Straus


Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. ~Seneca


Thrift was never more necessary in the world's history than it is today. ~Francis H. Sisson


Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. ~Lord Rosebery


The thrift that does not make a man charitable sours into avarice. ~M.W. Harrison


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


A bargain ain't a bargain unless it's something you need. ~Sidney Carroll, A Big Hand for the Little Lady


Be thrifty, but not covetous. ~George Herbert


By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. ~Agesilaus


I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living. ~John D. Rockefeller


Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift? ~Cicero


Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. ~Samuel Johnson


Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power. ~Orison Swett Marden


He who does not economize will have to agonize. ~Confucius


Frugality is misery in disguise. ~Publilius Syrus


Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. ~Benjamin Franklin


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 to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end. ~Owen Young