Economic Quotes

“The form of association, however, which if mankind continue to improve, must be expected in the end to predominate, is not that which can exist between a capitalist as chief, and work-people without a voice in the management, but the association of the labourers themselves on terms of equality, collectively owning the capital with which they carry on their operations, and working under managers elected and removable by themselves.”
― John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism

“The opportunity cost of an unlived dream is not only that dream, but also the dreams the dream was meant to inspire.”
― Ryan Lilly

“The collapse of communism and a recognition of its economic and humanitarian catastrophes took the romance out of revolutionary violence and cast doubt on the wisdom of redistributing wealth at the point of a gun.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“Cities require connectivity rather than territory in order to drive their economic stability and growth.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“But a country which can be saved only by money is a lost country anyway. After all, what is the choice, really? On the one hand: catastrophic capitalism, and on the other a capital catastrophe.”
― Gore Vidal, Romulus

“For capitalism to develop, customary ties between people and the land must be severed, and communal obligations among people disrupted.”
― David McNally

“Our churches are full of people during work hours, morning, noon, evening, praying instead of being in the factories, libraries, laboratories, facilitating economic growth”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Every lateness give us a staggering statistics in negative economic effect”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Human thinking can be changed if man is offered the pleasure of money or the sadness of its absence.”
― Marius Stoicescu, The Next Seven Years

“لقد علمني الاقتصاد الإيثار، وتلك هي أهم قيمة في حياتى، أن تفكر في آمال الناس وفي سعادتهم قبل أن تفكر في نفسك، لأن في سعادتهم أقصر طريق لسعادتك”
― محمد الكتبي

“A woman is not less a human. There is no piece of literature or institution that can prove otherwise. It does not matter, the skin color, the economic status, or country of origin, a woman is a human.”
― Topsy Gift, I AM A WOMAN I AM A HUMAN: UNLEASHING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF WOMEN

“In the nineteenth century, elites alone obeyed the laws of fashion, exchanging old possessions for new ones for no other reason than that they had gone out of style. Economic orthodoxy condemned the rest of society to a life of drudgery and mere subsistence. The mass production of luxury items now extends aristocratic habits to the masses.”
― Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

“The pandemic’s mandatory lockdown has set in motion an array of economic, political and global instabilities.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Education facilitates economic development.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Without economic development, how can an individual be empowered by education?”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Lack of entitlement drives small nation’s success: they expect to adapt to outside forces, so they do.”
― R. James Breiding, Too Small to Fail: Why Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World

“A society where everybody is paddling the same boat at a decent pace will move quicker and more effortlessly than one with a few speedsters and many laggards.”
― R. James Breiding, Too Small to Fail: Why Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World

“The cost of conflict almost always outweigh the benefit of what is being fought over.”
― R. James Breiding, Too Small to Fail: Why Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World

“The secret of real prosperity in the church is to teach God’s people principles of economic empowerment”
― Sunday Adelaja

“There is a great advantage when work and economic gain is viewed from the perspective of moral and spiritual significance.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“God through Prophet Hosea is explaining to us reasons for destructions, calamities, failures and devastations among the people of God. That reason is not seen in demonic activities nor is it seen in prevailing economic situations of the land”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Economic and financial conversion is actually attainable, thanks to this principle of truth and honesty.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is the escapist mentality becomes prevalent, giving birth to the syndrome of economic refugees.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“We should be disciplined and responsible and then our prosperity will be stable despite any economic crisis, inflation or a change of government”
― Sunday Adelaja

“One of the obstacles that impede the small projects is providing some basic materials and substances.”
― Yahya Sayed Omar

“Your talent is any capability which creates economic value for an organization’s customer or shareholder.”
― Gyan Nagpal, The Future Ready Organization: How Dynamic Capability Management Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace

“Human Capital > Money
Emotional-Intelligence > Economic Intelligence
Collaboration > Hierarchy
Meaning and Purpose > Material Rewards”
― Richie Norton

“Education is not enough, there is a need for economic improvement for better conditions of human beings.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“In the past, Chinese women have to get married because they don't have economic independence. The only way to improve their social status is by getting married and having a child, or having lots of children. Chinese women now have a lot of economic independence. In fact, some are making more money than the males. We have recent reports saying that in many of the large cities, in fact, with regard to homebuyers, there are more young women than men buying homes these days. And some of those reflect that they have economic independence, but they also show that the marriage and fertility rates could be affected too if they're economically independent.”
― Insight 2021/2022 - Ep 30 China's Population Crisis

“Widespread distrust imposes a kind of tax on all forms of economic activity It constricts and raises the cost of transactions.”
― R. James Breiding, Too Small to Fail: Why Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World