George M. Humphrey Quotes

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

I haven't gone hillbilly rich, where you spend everything you have.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

I saved my money.

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.

If you save your money right, you can have what you want.

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make.

Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it's keeping it.

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

Understand and accept the cycles of money. The setbacks you may have today or next year will not keep you from financial freedom. If you hold on to your goals and dreams, you will get there.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Is there ever enough money to do what you want to do?

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

I don't spoil myself on extravagant cars or spending money on jewelry. So I save a lot of the money I have.

You can't spend your way to prosperity.

Just don't spend your money, and you're well on your way to becoming a millionaire.

I put a portion of my salary to the side.

I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.