Bargains Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

A man who raises himself by degrees to wealth and power, contracts, in the course of this protracted labor, habits of prudence and restraint…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his…

— J. Paul Getty

“The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine talents not…

— John Maynard Keynes

He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so…

— B. C. Forbes

“The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts … He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher—in some degree. He must understand symbols and…

— John Maynard Keynes

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

— Petronius

An honest, sensible, humane man, . . . laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show,…

— John Adams

“A man who thinks a great deal about himself will try to be many-sided, attempt a theatrical excellence at all points, will try to…

— G.K. Chesterton

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little…

— Henry Ford

He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives…

— Henry George

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but also stronger…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A man must become wise at his own expense.

— Michel de Montaigne