Debt Quotes
- You must pay at last your own debt. If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more. - View Quote Details on You must pay at last your own debt. If you…
- Free from debt is free from care. - View Quote Details on Free from debt is free from care.
- Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to pay interest on it they will pay that interest to themselves. A reasonable internal debt will not impoverish our children or put the Nation into bankruptcy. - View Quote Details on Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed…
- Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I thought,
Poor was the loan at best—
God! but the interest! - View Quote Details on Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I… - A good debt is not as good as no debt. - View Quote Details on A good debt is not as good as no debt.
- I’m in debt. I am a true American. - View Quote Details on I’m in debt. I am a true American.
- Such was the origin of that debt which has since become the greatest prodigy that ever perplexed the sagacity and confounded the pride of statesmen and philosophers. At every stage in the growth of that debt the nation has set up the same cry of anguish and despair. At every stage in the growth of that debt it has been seriously asserted by wise men that bankruptcy and ruin were at hand. Yet still the debt went on growing; and still bankruptcy and ruin were as remote as ever. - View Quote Details on Such was the origin of that debt which has since…
- Paying of debts is, next to the grace of God, the best means in the world to deliver you from a thousand temptations to sin and vanity. - View Quote Details on Paying of debts is, next to the grace of God,…
- Creditors have better memories than debtors; and creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. - View Quote Details on Creditors have better memories than debtors; and creditors are a…
- One who restrains his appetites avoids debt. - View Quote Details on One who restrains his appetites avoids debt.
- The debt was the most sacred obligation incurred during the war. It was by no means the largest in amount. We do not haggle with those who lent us money. We should not with those who gave health and blood and life. If doors are opened to fraud, contrive to close them. But don’t deny the obligation, or scold at its performance. - View Quote Details on The debt was the most sacred obligation incurred during the…
- Neither a borrower nor a lender be; </br>for loan doth oft lose both itself and friend, </br>and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. - View Quote Details on Neither a borrower nor a lender be; </br>for loan doth…
- It’s dynamite to spend future earnings. I have had a taste of it myself, and it’s mighty bitter. A debt is a debt, whether it’s margins or mortgages; and debts are all the same, no matter how you try to camouflage ‘em. You never get much out of ‘em except trouble. On the farm or in Wall Street, if you use the other fellow’s money, it costs you a lot more than it’s worth. - View Quote Details on It’s dynamite to spend future earnings. I have had a…
- Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. - View Quote Details on Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the…
- Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. But when you get in debt you become a slave. Therefore I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man’s surety. If your friend is in distress, aid him if you have the means to spare. If he fails to be able to return it, it is only so much lost. - View Quote Details on Live within your means, never be in debt, and by…
- Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. - View Quote Details on Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village,…
- Run not into debt, either for wares sold, or money borrowed; be content to want things that are not of absolute necessity, rather than to run up the score. - View Quote Details on Run not into debt, either for wares sold, or money…
- Wars are made to make debt. - View Quote Details on Wars are made to make debt.
- A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. - View Quote Details on A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be…
- Who goes a-borrowing goeth a-sorrowing. - View Quote Details on Who goes a-borrowing goeth a-sorrowing.
- Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime. - View Quote Details on Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.
- A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves. - View Quote Details on A true lover always feels in debt to the one…
- There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for it or not, it is there, haunting his daydreams when the burden of debt is most unbearable. - View Quote Details on There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried…
About Debt
Debt is that which is owed; usually referencing assets owed, but the term can cover other obligations. A debt is created when a creditor agrees to loan a sum of assets to a debtor.
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