Traditional Economic Systems Quotes & Sayings

Keep walking and keep smiling. — Tiny Tim

They say vengeance taken will tear the heart and torment the conscious. If there's any truth to it, then I now know with certainty that the path I'm on is the right one. — Emily Thorne

Tread softly,
Brathe peacefully,
Laugh hysterically. — Nelson Mandela

Do you want to become a true messenger of the Lord with fire burning in your bones? Then have the Man of fire dwelling in your heart. Abandon any attempts to build your own kingdom or ministry. Forget about building your own empire; build His instead. Worship God passionately. Consecrate yourself to Him to be His holy dwelling place. — James W. Goll

But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality. — John T. Flynn

Politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and no way out but to wrestle with it — Mahatma Gandhi

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. — Edmund Waller

I like [Barak] Obama. I like him. So how far does rationality help to persuade anybody? You know, I'm not so sure. — George Saunders

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead. — Meryl Streep

the wise man needs nothing and yet he can make good use of anything, whereas the fool 'needs' countless things but can make good use of none of them. — Donald J. Robertson

There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they're in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I'm doing stuff like that all over. — Shaquille O'Neal

Economic systems work better when there's an extreme reliability ethos. And the traditional way to get a reliability ethos, at least in past generations in America, was through religion. The religions instilled guilt ... And this guilt, derived from religion, has been a huge driver of a reliability ethos, which has been very helpful to economic outcomes for man. — Charlie Munger

I'm surrounded by the scene of aging. I myself am in my 70s and not getting any younger. Although I'm very healthy, and I have a lot of energy, and I still feel 50, I'm over 70 and I understand that I am preparing for later. — Isabel Allende