Thomas Tusser Quotes

We have to make debt evil.

There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

I was making too much money. I was too young. I didn't know how to deal.

Once kids get older, the list is longer. So here goes: Stay out of debt. Sometimes debt is necessary, to buy a home or to get an education, but not to buy a sweater or to eat out.

The decision to go into debt alters the course and condition of your life. You no longer own it. You are owned.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

My kids don't have a trust fund, they have a debt fund. Oh my God, they're $4 million in the hole.

The borrower runs in his own debt.

If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

Remember that credit is money.

For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

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.