quotations about debt
Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be foregone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Nature and Other Essays
What is debt anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence.
DAVID GRAEBER
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
BIBLE
Matthew 6:12
By no means run in debt: take thine own measure,
Who cannot live on twenty pound a year,
Cannot on forty.
GEORGE HERBERT
The Church Porch
A debt that will be used to start a business opportunity is the only time that I ever encourage people to borrow money.
CHINKEE TAN
"Stay out of bad debt", Tempo, July 11, 2019
Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.
J. REUBEN CLARK
Selected Papers on Religion