Mindful Spending Quotes

I don't buy much. Almost buy nothing. I buy what I need, do it the easiest way possible.

A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.

I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time.

Should your riches increase, let your mind keep pace with them.

There is a wise old saying 'Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'. Thrift is a practice of not wasting anything. Some people are able to get by because of the absence of expense. They have their shoes resoled, they patch, they mend, they sew, and they save money. They avoid installment buying, and make purchases only after saving enough to pay cash, thus avoiding interest charges. Frugality means to practice careful economy.

Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day. (42)

You can never solve a financial problem with money. The only way for you to have a larger net worth is for you to go within to see why you are going without.

For my lifestyle, I believe in living 10 times below my means. As a result of that, I have the luxury of working only when I'm inspired.

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 live below my means because it makes what I do seem less like a job and more like a passion.

One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

All too often a family’s spending is governed more by their yearning than by their earning. They somehow believe that their life will be better if they surround themselves with an abundance of things. All too often all they are left with is avoidable anxiety and distress

If you've ever really been poor you remain poor at heart all your life. I've often walked when I could very well afford to take a taxi because I simply couldn't bring myself to waste the shilling it would cost.

Don't medicate dysfunction with spending. No amount of stuff will get rid of guilt.

You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without treasuring them. We need the discipline that will allow us to live simply while managing great wealth and power.

I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.

I've always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.

Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.

Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.