Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

A man in debt is so far a slave.

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

I've always been down-to-earth about money.

When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.

I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.

I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.

If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.