--- title: "13 Better Wages Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Better Wages quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Better Wages sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jim-rohn-243_better_profits-are-better-than-wages-2982687_2982687.jpg" --- > [Profits are better than wages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/profits-are-better-than-wages/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jim-rohn-243_better_profits-are-better-than-wages-2982687_2982687.jpg) > [Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/profits-are-better-than-wages-wages-make-you-a-living-profits-make/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/jim-rohn-243_exceptional_profits-are-better-than-wages-wages-make_2135318.jpg) > [Fast food also has a uniquely difficult business structure for workers to achieve better wages and working conditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rolf/fast-food-also-has-a-uniquely-difficult-business-structure-for/) [David Rolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/david-rolf-32428_achieve_fast-food-also-has-a-uniquely-difficult_1829893.jpg) > [He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/he-that-serves-god-for-money-will-serve-the-devil-for-better-wages/) [Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/roger-l-estrange-11943_devil_he-that-serves-god-for-money-will-serve_535683.png) > [Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/public-employees-should-have-the-right-to-bargain-for-better-wages/) [Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/robert-reich-1333_bargain_public-employees-should-have-the-right-t_140348.png) > [“Without improvement in the economics of each nation how can there be better wages for it's citizens”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/without-improvement-in-the-economics-of-each-nation-how-can-there-be/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/lailah-gifty-akita-11_economics_without-improvement-in-the-economics-of_2996969.jpg) > [Policies that promote better wages and better jobs would be super-helpful, and I'm a big fan of programs that encourage people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance-2/policies-that-promote-better-wages-and-better-jobs-would-be-super/) [J. D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/j-d-vance-2-3852_better_policies-that-promote-better-wages-and-b_2974572.jpg) > [Keep up hope for a better economy, more jobs, better wages, affordable healthcare and all the issues we have brought into focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-clement/keep-up-hope-for-a-better-economy-more-jobs-better-wages-affordable/) [Bob Clement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-clement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/bob-clement-223767_hope_keep-up-hope-for-a-better-economy-more-j_307873.jpg) > [The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers' conditions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/the-whole-time-i-was-a-union-leader-we-had-to-put-up-with-john-howard/) [Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/bill-shorten-14126_attacking_the-whole-time-i-was-a-union-leader-we-h_1704698.jpg) > [What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-shouldn-t-be-doing-is-trying-to-take-away-your-rights-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/barack-obama-17_bargains_what-we-shouldn-t-be-doing-is-trying-to_131397.jpg) > [When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-malley/when-people-live-in-the-full-light-of-an-open-society-paying-their/) [Martin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/martin-o-malley-2555_abiding_when-people-live-in-the-full-light-of-an_2612492.jpg) > [Working families have continuously fought for better wages, inclusion, a voice on the job, against threats to budget cuts, and a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laphonza-butler/working-families-have-continuously-fought-for-better-wages-inclusion/) [Laphonza Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laphonza-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/laphonza-butler-5989_budget_working-families-have-continuously-fough_1849129.jpg) > [We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary of cheap food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial-methods-of-farming-have/) [Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/raj-patel-18362_aim_we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial_1955011.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-wages/#itemlist", "name": "Better Wages Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Profits are better than wages.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Rohn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/profits-are-better-than-wages/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jim-rohn-243_better_profits-are-better-than-wages-2982687_2982687.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jim-rohn-243_better_profits-are-better-than-wages-2982687_2982687.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jim-rohn-243_better_profits-are-better-than-wages-2982687_2982687.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Profits are better than wages.” — Jim Rohn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Profits are better than wages. 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These so-called \"right to work\" laws, they don't have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. 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The corollary of cheap food is low wages. What we need to do in an era when the price of food is going up is pay better wages. A living wage is an absolutely integral part of a modern food system, because you can't expect people to eat properly and eat in a sustainable way if you pay them nothing. 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