B. C. Forbes Quotes

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.

I'm not really a betting person. I work too hard for my money to give it away.

The use of riches is better than their possession.

Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

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

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

What is OK is to spend money for productivity. What is not OK is just to light money on fire.

A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry, or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

Every time I am tempted to buy some dopey thing, I hear my late father's voice: 'Do you really need that?' He was big on saving money and buying as much security as possible. He also encouraged charitable giving. So, I am responsible with currency.

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

The maxim of buying nothing without the money in our pocket to pay for it, would make our country one of the happiest upon earth.

I've been very sensible with the money I made, and I did make good money.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

I saved my money.

I'm serious about it, and I want to spend my money wise. I'm not going to throw away any money.

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who become a burden to their children and society.