33 Quotes About Saving Money

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”

— George Lorimer

“While money doesn’t buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.”

— Christopher Marlowe

“If you’re saving, you’re succeeding.”

― Steve Burkholder

“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.”

— Robert Kiyosaki

“If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.”

― Brigham Young

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”

—Benjamin Franklin

“Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more.”

— Jack Benny

“Know what you own, and know why you own it.”

— Peter Lynch

“Every time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.”

—Nathan W. Morris

“Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this.”

— Dave Ramsey

“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.”

— Joe Biden

“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”

—Thomas Jefferson

“Money grows on the tree of persistence.”

— Japanese Proverb

“Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options.”

—Chris Rock

“You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.”

—Tennessee Williams

“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.”

—Jonathan Swift

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

— Maya Angelou

“Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day.”

—Sarah Ban Breathnach

“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.”

— Dave Ramsey

“Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.”

—P. T. Barnum

“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”

—Marlene Dietrich

“Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to use it.”

—Frank A. Clark

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”

—Ayn Rand

“The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.”

—T.T. Munger

“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.”

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.”

—Aristotle

“Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.”

— Warren Buffett

“A bargain ain’t a bargain unless it’s something you need.”

—Sidney Carroll

“A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some.”

—Joe Moore