Work Quotes

"The function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production."

"The carrying out of new combinations is the only kind of action that is, for the purpose of dynamic economics, fundamentally important."

"Man's place in the machine is bound to be, in the long run, more and more subject to the forces of production."

"The function of saving is to make possible the realization of those new combinations that are not compatible with existing conditions."

"The question whether mankind can or cannot do without working for at least part of the time is really a question of what mankind is to be and do."

"The man who creates a new industry deserves credit not only for the wealth he produces but for the world he transforms."

"The real wealth of nations consists not in the abundance of commodities but in the capacity to produce them."

"The value of research lies not in its elegance but in its capacity to reduce human suffering."

"The accumulation of capital without the accumulation of virtue leads to social catastrophe."

"Economic policy must be judged not by its theoretical elegance but by its human consequences."

"The institution of a leisure class is found in its best development in the economic stage called the quasi-peaceable stage of industry."

"It is the unlearned, not the learned, that uses up most of the economic energy of society."

"Work is the essence of human dignity and value."

"The economic problem is not one of production but of distribution."

"Ordinary business of life demands both thought and action."

"The division of labor increases productivity exponentially."

"Capital is the result of abstinence from consumption."

"Work is the forge that shapes the character."

"The foundation of all prosperity is honest work."

"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach him to fish and you create a competitor."

"Work is the price we pay for the privilege of existing."

"Competition drives progress, but cooperation makes it bearable."

"Full employment is not a natural state of capitalism; it must be actively pursued through policy."

"The division of labor increases productivity but can diminish the human spirit."

"To live comfortably, every man must produce more than he consumes."

"Idleness is the root of many vices."

"The laboring classes are the true support of society."

"Work is the antidote to despair and the path to dignity."

"The business of businessmen should be business, not determining how other people should spend their money."

"Business success requires two things: making a good product and selling it well."