Work Quotes

"The division of labor increases both quantity and quality of production."

"Work is the province of cattle, and the argument of the Kaffirs."

"Work ennobles only when it is freely chosen."

"The work ethic is the ethic of those who understand necessity."

"The instinct of workmanship is the fundamental drive of human nature, yet modern industry often frustrates its expression."

"The engineer's integrity is compromised when placed under financial management."

"The modern corporation fragments human skills into meaningless repetitive motions."

"Standardized production has eliminated the satisfactions of skilled craftsmanship."

"The craftsman's pride in work disappears when labor becomes merely a commodity."

"Workmanship as an instinct finds satisfaction in creation regardless of economic reward."

"The craftsman's knowledge and pride in work represent human capacities industrial capitalism suppresses."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Practice makes perfect."

"You should be willing to work on the hard problems."

"Practice with intention and purpose."

"Communicate clearly and simply."

"The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield."

"Economic progress means increased efficiency of the productive process."

"The entrepreneur is the dynamic force in capitalism."

"The question of the maximum productivity of capital merges into that of the distribution of income."

"Markets are institutions that exist to reduce transaction costs."

"Business cycles are not aberrations from normal economic progress; they are the normal mode of capitalism."

"Perfect competition is an abstraction; real markets are always characterized by some degree of monopoly power."

"The price system is the only known mechanism for efficiently allocating scarce resources among competing uses."

"Profit is not the goal of business; it is the measure of success in achieving legitimate goals."

"A man who saves money is a man who has learned to control his impulses."

"The businessman who ignores accounting is like a ship without a compass."

"Competition is the great regulator of human activity."

"Banking is the art of lending other people's money as if it were your own."

"Prosperity is not inherited; it is earned through diligence and intelligence."