Mike Braun Quotes

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

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.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.

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

I live way below my means.

I'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

Spend not on hopes.

I've always been sensible with my money. I can't say I'm a business genius.

My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they had gone through the Great Depression and known lean times. They always remained extremely frugal and lived far below their means.

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

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

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.

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.

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. When I've been out of work, I've always found another job. I never wanted to get into debt, because money was very tight when I was growing up. I never felt deprived, but I couldn't have the things I wanted.

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.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

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

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

I've always been down-to-earth about money.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.