Famous quotes about diligence and thrift include:

1. Truth is the most valuable of all our possessions, so let us save. ——Proverb

2. Among various cost-saving measures, reducing personnel is the most important. ——Wang Yongqing

3. A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always think about the difficulty of material affairs. ——Zhu Bolulu's "Zhu Zi's Family Instructions"

4. Don't pour out the things accumulated in spoonfuls with a bucket. ——Kazakh

5. Diligence, thrift and thrift will make the whole family happy. ——Proverb

6. All savings are, in the final analysis, time savings. ——Marx

7. To sail a ship depends on steering, and to manage a household depends on frugality. ——Proverb

8. Don’t eat the fruits of your hard work in one sitting. ——Uigur

9. Things in the world are often accomplished by diligence and frugality but failed by extravagance. ——Lu You

10. Whoever scrimps on food and clothing on weekdays will easily get through difficulties when he is poor; whoever is luxurious and extravagant when he is rich will die of hunger and cold when he is poor. ——Sadie

11. Once comfortable enjoyment becomes a habit, it makes people almost feel no fun at all, and becomes a real need of people. ——Rousseau

12. Production is like a money tree, and conservation is like a cornucopia. ——Proverb

13. Those who are extravagant will be in ruins, while those who are frugal will be safe. One bad thing and one good thing are in front of them. ——Bai Juyi

14. Being extravagant means taking extravagantly and humiliating one's ambition; if one is frugal, one has nothing to ask for from others and nothing to be ashamed of oneself, which can nourish the spirit. ——Luo Dajing

15. Extravagance and frugality must be regarded as the abundance of the world. ——Pre-Qin "Three Kingdoms Wei Shu Jikai Biography"

16. Luxury always follows fornication, and fornication always follows luxury. ——Montesquieu

17. Luxury is just getting happiness from the labor of others. ——Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Laws"

18. Luxury is the starting point of national weakness. ——Cuba

19. Luxury is like wine, it both excites and debilitates people. - Carl

20. The inevitable consequence of luxury - the disintegration of etiquette - in turn causes the corruption of taste. ——Rousseau

21. Being good at selecting key points means saving time, but rushing around without knowing the key points is equivalent to firing cannons indiscriminately. ——Bacon

22. Any saving is ultimately a saving of time. ——Marx

23. It is enough to double the cost of imprisoning a country and removing its useless expenses. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty, "Mozi uses it judiciously"

24. If you strengthen the foundation and use it judiciously, the sky will not be poor. ——Xun Kuang

25. Save before your pocket is empty. ——(Buyi Nationality) Proverb

26. Looking back at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved through diligence and frugality, and prosperity was destroyed through extravagance. ——Li Shangyin

27. A gentleman worries about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong"

28. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties, but cannot use glory and wealth. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Yi Zhuan Fu"

29. Quietness cultivates one's character, and frugality cultivates one's virtue. ——Zhuge Liang

30. Frugality and diligence are two famous doctors of mankind. ——Rousseau

31. Don’t be slow to save. A small amount can add up to tens of millions. ——Fan Jiting

32. Saving money is a big harvest. ——Proverb

33. Save and save, accumulate a little and make a lot, one drop or two, merge into a river. ——Proverb

34. Virtue is used internally, but virtue is cultivated externally. ——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong Nineteen Years"

35. How much you save is how much you get. ——Denmark

36. Frugality is the secret to wealth. ——Britain

37. Frugality is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ——Greece

38. Frugality is an endless feast in your life. ——Emerson

39. Frugality is an inexhaustible feast in your life. ——Emerson

40. Frugality itself is a property.

——UK