Jean Chatzky Quotes

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

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

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.

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

The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.

I've got my eye on a few things to spend my money on. I've got my own bank card but I am really good with money. I don't spend too much at all.

It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

Don't overspend. Have budget days and splurge days.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have on things we do not need?

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

If I could only have cash, I know that I would spend very little.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

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

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.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

By working toward a financial objective, you'll start to see the money add up for retirement or the credit card balance go down. But it doesn't have an immediate impact on your day-to-day life, and when it does - like when you're pinching pennies to save more - the immediate impact could feel negative.