was about admitting my guilt of promoting new clothes each season. There was something that didn't feel morally exactly right about it. Enough money is squandered on fashion - I wanted to make a statement that clothes from the past are still valid. We chose Oxfam because it's where so many stylists get thrift from, and it felt circular for the money to go back to Oxfam.
Quotes about thrift (11 Quotes)
Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after life, with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams and that waste of it will make you dwindle, alike in intellectual and moral stature, beyond your darkest reckoning.
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end.
Ms. Lau has an outstanding record of achievement at American and is successfully transforming the bank from a retail thrift to a full-service community bank.
The group that does costumes for the Tennessee Repertory Theater is doing our costumes. We have access to their stuff and we have the ability to have stuff made. It's wonderful to have our own costumer instead of having to go to thrift stores all the time. That's actually where most of our budget went.
A PRIMER OF AMERICAN SELF-GOVERNMENT I. Understand, honor and preserve the Constitution of the United States. 2. Keep forever separate and distinct the legislative, executive and judicial functions of government. 3. Remember that government belongs to the people, is inherently inefficient, and that its activities should be limited to those which government alone can perform. 4. Be vigilant for freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and freedom of action. 5. Cherish the system of Free Enterprise which made America great. 6. Respect thrift and economy, and beware of debt. 7. Above all, let us be scrupulous in keeping our word and in respecting the rights of others.
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.
It's the largest thrift in the country. It has had an excellent track record in both operations and acquisitions. It is growing at about 12-15 percent and trading at about 6 12 times earnings.
It took thrift and savings, together with tremendous character and vision, to make our nation what it is today. And it will take thrift and savings, together with constant ingenuity and stamina, to conserve our remaining resources to enable us to continue to be a great nation.
Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money not caution but courage and a contempt for danger not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.