Favorite quote or money motivator? - Page 2

LuxLiving · #21 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 08:42 AM

There is one that I can't locate to get it exactly right, maybe one of you guys can help me out...

it goes something like this....

"Theory of the rich - you only need one coat and one boat, make them good ones!"

LuxLiving · #22 (**permalink**) 08-31-2006, 06:43 PM

"It's (the Metropolis Mall) like some kind of temple."—Wonder Woman

"Yes, for those who worship their credit cards." —Superman (Clark Kent, Kal-El) Justice League 1/21/02

lrjohnson · #23 (**permalink**) 09-01-2006, 06:00 PM

"Being debt free is a luxury I have become accustomed to."

bee · #24 (**permalink**) 09-01-2006, 06:29 PM

"Buying what I want often results later in Needing what I can't buy"

LuxLiving · #25 (**permalink**) 09-03-2006, 07:18 AM

: This one just cracked me up!! Of course I try not to think this way anymore but phunnnnyyyyyyy!!

"I am having an out of money experience." - Author Unknown

Jewelsmom · #26 (**permalink**) 09-03-2006, 09:31 AM

My younger (adult) sister has "champaign taste on a beer budget."

She will actually wait until something is no longer on sale before she will buy it, just to show off. Drives her husband crazy. Her house looks like a furniture store showroom, all matchy-matchy, no personality.

And Me?
I decorate in "early American garage sale" style. Lots of character, not cluttered, just eclectic.

Jewelsmom · #27 (**permalink**) 09-03-2006, 09:52 AM

EARLY CREDIT:

"I will kindly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today." ~ Wimpy (I believe is his name) from the Popeye series.

Ima saver · #28 (**permalink**) 09-03-2006, 11:55 AM

That was Wimpy!!

Your problem, is not that you don't make enough, but that you spend too much. (david Bach)

LuxLiving · #29 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 08:52 AM

"... skepticism about past returns is crucial. The truth is, much as you may wish you could know which funds will be hot, you can't -- and neither can the legions of advisers and publications that claim they can. That's why building a portfolio around index funds isn't really settling for average. It's just refusing to believe in magic." ~ Bethany McLean,
"The Skeptic's Guide to Mutual Funds," Fortune Magazine, March 15, 1999

JoyJoy · #30 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 02:32 PM

"Spend some, save some, give some" - Joyce Meyer

LuxLiving · #31 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 02:57 PM

"We don't need a lot of stuff to be happy. We're comfortable because we are frugal and being frugal keeps us comfortable." ~notmadeofmoney, from SavingAdvice.com thread

Great to be Debt Free · #32 (**permalink**) 09-04-2006, 08:20 PM

Jewelsmom, I like that: "early American Garage Sale!"

We had friends over yesterday with their baby girl (7 mos) and she was banging some keys on the table -- they were all worried, I was like,, WHy? I LOVE the cottage look!

Here's the quote I'll contribute tonight:

Thornton Wilder:
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

from "The Matchmaker"

LuxLiving · #33 (**permalink**) 09-05-2006, 10:06 PM

"We all covet wealth, but not its perils." ~Jean De La Bruyere on Risk vs Rewards of Investing

CHUBROCK · #34 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 10:37 AM

"If you watch the pennies...the dollars will take care of themselves" - My father is notorious for saying this. Makes sense when you think about it.

"Numbers don't lie...people lie" - Another one from the wisdom of dad!

Bookie · #35 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHUBROCK
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"Numbers don't lie...people lie"[/b] - Another one from the wisdom of dad!

Or the variation I like,

Figures don't lie; liars figure.

LuxLiving · #36 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 06:57 PM

"What I've learned about thrift and frugality I learned the hard way -- by making my mistakes and digging myself out. The present-day benefit of past experience is that I'm not so eager to opt for immediate gratification at the pain of future debt. I'm less convinced that happiness can come from stuff, however glitzy, or that a credit card can serve as a get-out-of-me-free pass. I've learned that wanting is transitory, that having is often burdensome, and that discardiing can be the path to freedom. " ~Bookie, SavingAdvice.com thread Frugal By Nature.

Wow Bookie - this is excellent. You're quite the wordsmith!

BCHGRL · #37 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 07:15 PM

I like what my friend, Uncle Tito, says:

"Honey, life is a s--t sandwich. The more dough you have, the less s--t you eat!"

Bookie · #38 (**permalink**) 09-06-2006, 08:13 PM

Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars."
—Hobart Brown..

LuxLiving · #39 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006, 09:32 AM

"The steady saver, saves the most." ~Marshall Middle, from SavingAdvice.com thread, 'The Problem With Being Budget Minded Is Other People'.

vsjhoc · #40 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006, 09:54 AM

"Change is inevitable ... except from a vending machine!" - Anon.