John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

The more my people work, the less vices they will have

It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about.

My work ethic is something that I thought would help the team.

Work only can keep even kings respectable.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Honor lies in honest toil.

A superior man thinks of what is right. A small man thinks of profit.

Socialism errs in thinking it can force sinful humans to be what they are not. Capitalism errs in thinking that putting sin to good use will transform it into virtue.

Work hard; be ethical.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

Forget yourself and go to work.

When you’re doing work you care about, you are able to work harder and better.

Everyone who knows me thinks I'm a bit of a work Nazi.

Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.

Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.

The pen isn’t really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon.

I am always on the job.

In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German.

You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it.

I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.

There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

There is no device whatever to be invented for securing happiness without industry, economy, and virtue.