Business Quote by Oliver Ellsworth

The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“motives for greed and selfishness are often attributed to toil and source of riches.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“To tap this deep wellspring of human motivation, companies need to shift their emphasis from profit maximization to purpose maximization.19”

— John E. Mackey

In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.

— Joseph Joubert

The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.

— Joseph Murphy

“Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.”

— Daniel H. Pink

To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.

— John Templeton

People want riches; they need fulfillment.

— Robert Conklin

“It is not from their intrinsic nature that goods gain the character of economic goods, but through their relation to men and through their…

— Sandye Gloria-Palermo

Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.

— Simon Sinek

The key to all motivation is desire, and the master key to creating desire is responsiveness to the needs, desires, and interests of the…

— John R Noe