“Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Business Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · BUSINESS
Business Quotes
Read 200 of the best business quotes on success, money, leadership and entrepreneurship from Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin and more.
“Trade curses every thing it handles.”
Henry David Thoreau
CommerceCriticism
“I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.”
William Shakespeare
TrustEthics
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”
William Shakespeare
DeceptionCaution
“You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live.”
William Shakespeare
LivelihoodWork
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children.”
The Bible (Proverbs 13:22)
LegacyWealth
“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”
The Bible (Proverbs 23:4)
BalanceWisdom
“Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.”
The Bible (Proverbs 3:28)
PromptnessIntegrity
“A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
The Bible (Luke 12:15)
ValuesContentment
“Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:24)
ValuesMoney
“Money answereth all things.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 10:19)
MoneyRealism
“It is he that giveth thee power to get wealth.”
The Bible (Deuteronomy 8:18)
WealthFaith
“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.”
The Bible (Proverbs 14:4)
InvestmentGrowth
“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance.”
The Bible (Matthew 25:29)
GrowthStewardship
“She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.”
The Bible (Proverbs 31:18)
QualityHard Work
“A minister, in serving his prince, reverently discharges his duties, and makes his emolument a secondary consideration.”
Confucius
DutyService
“Those who labour with their minds govern others; those who labour with their strength are governed by others.”
Mencius
LeadershipKnowledge Work
“I cannot call riches better than the baggage of virtue.”
Francis Bacon
WealthVirtue
“Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business.”
Francis Bacon
LeadershipResponsibility
“Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.”
Calvin Coolidge
ProsperityValues
“Lend money to an enemy, and thou'lt gain him; to a friend, and thou'lt lose him.”
Benjamin Franklin
MoneyFriendship
“Great estates may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore.”
Benjamin Franklin
RiskSmall Business
“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
Oscar Wilde
MoneyWitty
“Government and co-operation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death.”
John Ruskin
CooperationEconomics
“All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.”
Thomas Carlyle
WorkDignity