Henry Ford Quotes

Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

And one thing about Mick Jagger is he keeps his eye very closely on not only where the dollars go but where the pennies go.

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget - one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

We all have to resist the temptation to finance growth with increased debt yet again.

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.

[S]ound policy condemns the practice of accumulating debts.

You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.

What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You'd tell him to get his act together - stop spending so much or he'd destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck their future. Of course, no individual could live so irresponsibly for long. But tack on eight more zeroes to that budget and you have the checkbook for our out-of-control, big-spending federal government.

Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.

Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another day. To pay as you go, that policy is a safer business policy and a saner business policy, and we thought it was a saner national policy.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.