Henry Ward Beecher

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.

Hold yourself to a higher standard than anybody else expects of you.

A church debt is the devil’s salary.

Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open enemies.

One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can’t pay back.

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Debt can turn a free, happy person into a bitter human being.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I’m prepared to forget it if they are.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill!

Debt is the slavery of the free.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you a million, the problem is yours.

It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

Even when I tweeted that I was in debt, that gave me power.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Debt on anything that depreciates is disastrous.

Debt certainly isn’t always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates.