Will Rogers Quotes

Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.

Never spend anything before thou have it; for borrowing is the canker and death of every man's estate.

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

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

We've always been modestly leveraged, and we've never believed in a great deal of leverage on either our private equity business or on our investment banking business. And I think it really goes back to my uncle and dad growing up in the Depression and just seeing what happened to people who were overly levered.

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

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Here's my gift-giving rule: Respect your current financial situation.

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

Frugality is for the vulgar.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

I grew up in Harlem Grant projects, and I didn't have a whole lot then. I've always been good about only getting what I need, not what I want. Just because someone else has something, I don't feel the need to.

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

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

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

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.

My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.

My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

In Asia, we live within our means. So when we are poor, we live as poor people. I think that is a lesson that Europe can learn from Asia.