Thomas S. Monson Quotes

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.

People need things. I don't live a monk's existence, I'm a consumer, but I try to do it to the level that doesn't feel like there's an overabundance of something.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

Live below your means but within your needs.

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it.

I live way below my means.

I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.

You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

I don't shop as much as I find.

I shop once in six months. My friends often point at my shoes to tell me that they've worn out. It's embarrassing, but it doesn't affect me too much. I shop when I have to.

I wouldn't deliberately go and buy something that one would categorise as an extravagant thing.

I am not really into buying a lot of expensive things.

I am not the sort of person who will wake up and go and buy myself a Ferrari.

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.

I'm really not a person who consumes a lot. I don't have a sports car.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.