Which one simple phrase has changed the way you think about money?

JosephK

Way I've always approached investments (rather than changed thinking)
"If it seems too good to be true, it is."

robatwork

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.

Eco_Miser

"Over-seventies should self-isolate for the foreseeable future" or whatever Boris actually said last March.

That stopped me thinking about saving.

Bridlington1

Pennies don't fall from heaven. They have to be earned down here on earth.

Vegastare

Our wants are far greater than our needs.....one of my late Mum's favourites 

powerspowers

If you can afford to save, you can afford to give 

lucyandthomas

‘They don’t put pockets in shrouds’ - one from my late Grandad. Very true - saving is important but you should live your life too

fenwick458

gsmh said:

Dickens: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."

can someone convert this to metric please, I've read it twice now and still none the wiser 

IanManc

fenwick458 said:

gsmh said:

Dickens: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."

can someone convert this to metric please, I've read it twice now and still none the wiser 

Annual income £20, annual expenditure £19.975 result happiness. Annual income £20, annual expenditure £20.025, result misery.

Nineteen nineteen and six means £19 19 shillings and sixpence, which when we decimalised was worth £19 and 97.5 pence. A pound contained 20 shillings and a shilling contained 12 pennies.

Katiehound

'Money doesn't grow on trees.'

A phrase from my childhood when I wanted something and money was tight or non-existent- it was true then and sadly true today!! No, you have to go out and earn it, and that was why I got a 'Saturday job' worth it's weight in gold (£1!) and experience at 16 yo.