Nancy Lopez Quotes

I don't think I'm unduly extravagant.

I don't like paying too much for anything or wasting it. I think that I'm more of a balanced individual rather than a dichotomy.

A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.

I'm quite careful. I like to buy nice things for myself, but I like to also be reasonable. I think I'm pretty careful.

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 way below my means.

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.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

I don't shop as much as I find.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

I have not thrown my money away on unnecessary things in my life, so I'm okay.

I wouldn't deliberately go and buy something that one would categorise as an extravagant thing.

Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Whatever you have, spend less.

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.

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

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.