J. Reuben Clark Quotes

Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who become a burden to their children and society.

Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.

For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to reemphasize this counsel.

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry, or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.

The maxim of buying nothing without the money in our pocket to pay for it, would make our country one of the happiest upon earth.

The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

Acquire Riches by Industry and Frugality.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.

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

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

A penny saved is two pence clear.

Thrift is of great revenue.

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.