Suze Orman Quotes

The impulse to spend seizes everyone. He who, the whole year through has taken pleasure is saving and piling up his money suddenly becomes extravagant. A stream of presents pours itself out on all sides.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

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

Whatever you have, spend less.

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

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

I live way below my means.

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

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

I try to differentiate between what I need and don't need. I talk to my wife and children before buying things.

If you don't need it, don't buy it.

We live in a culture built on debt, so we are encouraged to have no self control.

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

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 used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

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.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

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.

Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at least a little bit sooner can make the post-holiday hangover hurt a little bit less.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

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