Quotes On Debt – Part 3
 
 
A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.
- Charles Caleb Colton
 
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
- Benjamin […]

Quotes On Debt – Part 2
 
 
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
If I owe Smith ten dollars, and God forgives me, that doesn’t pay Smith.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
At the time we were funding our national debt, we heard much about “a public debt being a public blessing”; that […]

Quotes on Debt - Part 1
 
 
The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity than a friend is a creditor.  ~Author Unknown
Who goeth a borrowing, Goeth a sorrowing.
~Thomas Tusser
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. 
~American Proverb
In God we trust; all others must pay cash. 
~American Saying
Creditors have […]

But I Have Worked So Hard!
 
Of course, you think you have worked hard and deserve some extras, and perhaps you do – but don’t!  Now is the time to say no and now is the time to give up the extra things you purchase that make you feel good. 
 
Will some of this […]

Impulse Buying is Predominant
 
 
In our culture, impulse buying is predominant.  In years predating the present easy credit, you would walk into a department store, see an item you would like to purchase, and put a small cash down payment toward it and then pay it off monthly until the item was paid for.  […]