Capital must work, as it were, in concert with industry; and this concurrence is what I call the productive agency of capital.

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.

Supply creates its own demand.

One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.

Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system, particularly in its application to the wants and errors of mankind.

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.

Capital in the hands of a national government forms a part of the gross national capital.

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

The power of your prayer lies in your knowing that God is there right beside you.

We want to make every single interaction in the world into a ready-to-use brick.

By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits.

The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.

Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me.

Sculpture may be almost anything: a monument, a statue, an old coin, a bas-relief, a portrait bust, a lifelong struggle against heavy odds.

We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

How could something that felt so right actually be so wrong?