Richard Foster Quotes

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

To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.

The biggest shock when I lost it all was the realization that so much of my life had been out of my control. When I started to make the money back, I vowed that it would never happen again. I bought things only when I could afford them. There was no big mortgage, no cars on hire purchase. I remember buying a TR6 sports car for £6,000, and funnily enough it gave me more pleasure than the Porsche ever had.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

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

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

What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don't want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants.

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

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

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

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

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 suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it.

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

I live way below my means.

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.