“Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.”
John Marks Templeton (1912–2008) stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
The Quotable Sir John
Qui dépense trop n’est jamais riche. <br class="br"> La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Maison_du_chat-qui-pelote [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket] (1830), translated by Clara Bell
“Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.”
John Marks Templeton (1912–2008) stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
The Quotable Sir John
“Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions.”
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Expense
“You spend your whole life grieving for those who haven’t died yet.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 43
“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
Variant: A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man
Source: The Godfather
“Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.”
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) French actress
As quoted in Madam Sarah (1966) by Cornelia Otis Skinner, p. xvi