Keith Sweat Quotes

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

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.

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

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.

I try to ensure my daughters are not spoilt. They are very aware of how lucky they are and appreciate it. We have had some lean years, so they know it's not all about luxury, travel, and hotels. They are grounded, and I'm grateful for that.

The key to survival is that when times are good you don't forget where you came from and you don't build crazy overhead just because you can. You live like you are going out of business every day and it makes you healthy.

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

Even when I got ₹500 a month as pocket money, I would never spend all of it. It's the same now. I am just conscious of the fact that I wasn't born with a silver spoon.

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

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

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

I live way below my means.

I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.

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

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

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