Work Quotes
The daily grind, the creative struggle, and why what we do matters more than we think.
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"Unemployment is involuntary when there is competition among workers and wages may be reduced to a level at which supply of labor exceeds demand."John Maynard Keynes
"Banking, properly understood, is the provision of credit to facilitate production and exchange."John Maynard Keynes
"The businessman is not interested in your welfare; he is interested in your money, and that is his virtue."Ludwig von Mises
"The businessman who wishes to make money must first satisfy the wants of his customers better than his competitors."Ludwig von Mises
"The entrepreneur is not motivated by a desire to serve humanity; he is motivated by profit, and that is what makes him serve humanity."Ludwig von Mises
"The businessman who succeeds is he who correctly anticipates the wants of the consumer."Ludwig von Mises
"The businessman is guided by an invisible hand more powerful than any government regulation could ever be."Ludwig von Mises
"The capitalist who wishes to maintain his wealth must constantly find new ways to serve his customers."Ludwig von Mises
"Work with passion and you will never truly labor."Antonio Genovesi
"Work is worship when done with integrity."Antonio Genovesi
"Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues."Friedrich Hayek
"The welfare state creates dependency and diminishes the capacity for self-reliance."Friedrich Hayek
"Poverty is the natural condition of humanity; prosperity must be created through productive effort."Friedrich Hayek
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."Johann Tetens
"Hard work is the price of success."Johann Tetens
"Work is love made visible."Johann Tetens
"Work is necessary for the development of human potential."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Work gives meaning to existence."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Commerce and trade are the sinews of civilization."Antonio Genovesi
"The work of one's hands can be as noble as the work of one's mind."Antonio Genovesi
"Commerce conducted with honor enriches both buyer and seller."Antonio Genovesi
"The work of building civilization is never truly finished."Antonio Genovesi
"I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal."John Maynard Keynes
"The problem of providing employment for everyone willing to work is capable of solution."John Maynard Keynes
"Our object in the short period is to preserve employment, and in the long period to increase it."John Maynard Keynes
"Competition is valuable because it dispenses with the need for conscious control of individual efforts"Friedrich Hayek
"The division of labor has made possible the flourishing of civilization itself"Friedrich Hayek
"The private use of property is more efficient than public control"Friedrich Hayek
"Work without meaning is merely toil; meaning transforms labor into purpose."Johann Tetens
"Work becomes joy when it is aligned with passion and purpose."Johann Tetens