Profoundly inspirational budget quotes will fire up your brain and encourage you to look at life differently while making you laugh.
Famous Budget Quotes
A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. Dave Ramsey
Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value. Joe Biden
A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it. William Feather
It isn’t what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class. Sinclair Lewis
A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values. Barack Obama
We must consult our means rather than our wishes. George Washington
A budget doesn’t limit your freedom; it gives you freedom. Rachel Cruze
A penny saved is worth two pennies earned after taxes. Randy Thurman
Budgeting only has one rule; Do not go over budget. Leslie Tayne
Out in the real world, in which actual human beings live, it’s hard to come up with a more stupid example than ‘ditching the daily latte. Want to get your finances in order? Great! All you have to do is wean yourself off an addictive, stimulatory drug, which you’ve been using all your adult life, will cause withdrawal symptoms and impair your performance when you try to quit, is universally available, woven into the very fabric of social life, is the only addiction that carries no stigma whatsoever, and helped bring about the Enlightenment. Oh, and it’s also really frickin delicious. Richard Meadows
If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros. Jaime Lerner
Economy is idealism in its most practical form. Calvin Coolidge
Budgeting is not just for people who do not have enough money. It is for everyone who wants to ensure that their money is enough. Rosette Mugidde Wamambe
A Debt Problem Is, At Its Core, a Budgeting Problem. Natalie Pace
Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there. Phil Gramm
The simplest definition of a budget is telling your money where to go. Tsh Oxenreider
You are no longer a boy, and one of the first duties which a man owes to his friends and to society is to live within his income. Thomas Hughes
Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters. Samuel Pepys
A budget isn’t about restricting what you can spend. It gives you permission to spend without guilt or regret. Dave Ramsey
A personal budget is a manifestation of your decision to grab your finances by the balls. Money Tree Man
The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient. Warren Buffett
Every cent you own and every moment you spend is always an investment. Natalie Pace
The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them. Robert Kiyosaki
When you buy a bigger house, another luxury car, or a fancy boat, you are showing people that you used to have money. Christopher Manske
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it, he who doesn’t, pays it. Albert Einstein
Most Americans and Canadians earthlings can save thousands annually with smarter energy choices. That’s a lot of bucket list vacations, while providing far better for your own future and living a richer life today. Natalie Pace
Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner’s game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser’s game. Jack Bogle
Budgeting is not just for people who do not have enough money. It is for everyone who wants to ensure that their money is enough. Rosette Mugidde Wamambe
The more your money works for you, the less you have to work for money. Idowu Koyenikan
Why people take drugs baffles me to no end. Especially when they can’t afford them. Terry McMillan
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
Sardines or not sardines, that is the question. Alain Bremond Torrent
The quickest way to double your money is to fold in half and put it in your pocket. Will Rogers
Overspending while trying to raise one’s status is a condition of economic materialism which hurts people financially, because it usually results in unnecessary debt. One does not raise social strata by buying things but instead by acquiring enough wealth to qualify for the next category of wealth. Zachariah Renfro
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke
We’re flashing what our next two generations could be out here living off of. SeKeithia Johnson
Never spend your money before you’ve earned it. Thomas Jefferson
Learn before you earn, take risks, and run for what you want most. Adam Messina
Save money, and money will save you! John Soforic
Budgeting has only one rule Do not go over budget. Leslie Tayne
Don’t save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving. Warren Buffet
You are no longer a boy, and one of the first duties which a man owes to his friends and to society is to live within his income. Thomas Hughes
Don’t make money, create wealth. Making money is easy. Being able to create and sustain wealth is what will set you apart from the rest. John Rampton
A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it. William Feather
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison
See money currency as the flow of energy and giving that cycles between you, others and me. Now let it flow kindly, fairly and mindfully. Rasheed Ogunlaru
You Can’t Have a Million Dollar Dream With a Minimum Wage Work Ethic. Stephen C Hogan
If she’d kept up her AAA membership, she would have called them, but after the divorce, she’d had to cut some things out. Roadside assistance was one of them. Aargh. Melody Snow Monroe
Aren’t we killing ourselves our health, our relationships, our sense of joy, and wonder for our jobs? We are sacrificing our lives for money, but it’s happening so slowly that we barely notice. Vicki Robin
Budgets were originally designed as control mechanisms. As such they are traps. Stephen Bungay
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. Picasso
When you are extravagant, you can result yourself facing alot of debt and not adjust to the pursuit of happiness. Saaif Alam
Many of Life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
A budget is telling your money where to go, instead of wondering where it went. John Maxwell
People do not decide their futures. They decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures. FM Alexander
Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are. James W. Frick
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. JK Rowling
A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values. Barack Obama
The most important decision about your goals is not what you’re willing to do to achieve them, but what you are willing to give up. Dave Ramsey
Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time, and equipment, you can over think. My way, you can use your gut instinct. Robert Rodriguez
Wealth is largely the result of habit. John Jacob Astor
Budgeting only has one rule; Do not go over budget. Leslie Tayne
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke
The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations. Jacob Lew
Budgeting is not just for people who do not have enough money. It is for everyone who wants to ensure that their money is enough. Rosette Mugidde Wamambe
In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around. George Kaiser
Every cent you own and every moment you spend is always an investment. Natalie Pace
A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t stop us from buying it. William Feather
Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen. Arianna Huffington
The more your money works for you, the less you have to work for money. Idowu Koyenikan
One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up, instead of what they have to gain. Rick Godwin
There are people who have money and people who are rich. Coco Chanel
A budget doesn’t limit your freedom; it gives you freedom. Rachel Cruze
The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you’re willing to sacrifice. Nathan W. Morris
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. Picasso
It’s not your salary that makes you rich; it’s your spending habits. Charles A. Jaffe
Becoming rich is hard. Staying broke is hard. Choose your hard. Eric Worre
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you know the impact of little expenses, you will realize that there is nothing little in this world. Manoj Arora
The slightest adjustments to your daily routines can dramatically alter the outcomes in your life. Darren Hardy
If you’re saving, you’re succeeding. Steve Burkholder
It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. Warren Buffett
Becoming rich is hard. Staying broke is hard. Choose your hard. Eric Worre
Money, like motions, is something you must control to keep your life on the right track. Natasha Munson
Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich. Mark Cuban
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. Will Rogers
Beware of little expenses; a small leak can sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
