Libanius Quotes

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

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

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

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

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

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

I love to spend money.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

I think I'm more of a saver than a spender - more because I just like being at home.

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?

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

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.

My wife and I are really strange people. We never spend any money.

I spend my money like I don't have anything.

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.

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.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

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.'

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.