You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often read more
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Most important for us is a good spiritual relationship between employees and management.
Most important for us is a good spiritual relationship between employees and management.
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
