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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they crea

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. – Calvin Coolidge

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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. – Calvin Coolidge

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Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. – Seneca

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The thrift that does not make a man charitable sours into avarice. – M.W. Harrison

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Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. – Lord Rosebery

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Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. – S.W. Straus

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