Capitalism is about the mutual creation of wealth rather than the pillaging of it.
When people freely identify with their work and find themselves through it, excellence follows.
Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.
Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.
Business is the real test of the moral life.
Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.
Courage... is not a selfish attribute: it is only possible if you are pursuing a wider and more worthy goal.
The laws of economic life are subject to the eternal laws of spiritual capital.
Profitability is the consequence of doing business in the right way, to honor God.
The moral sentiments that constrain economic life also promote it.
Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.
Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.
One runs a business ultimately to do well so you can do good for everyone.
Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments , in which the pursuit of profit is tempered at every juncture by sympathy and benevolence, and by the posture of the "impartial spectator" which is forced on us by our moral nature.
Three cardinal virtues of business: creativity, building community, practical realism.
Caring for God's endowment in a thrifty fashion is a form of biblical obedience.
Profit doesn't appear as the goal but as a side effect of pursuing motivating principles.
The free economy is not the enemy but the friend of social capital.
Long-term success depends upon trust.
In the new conditions created by the global economy, the information revolution and the growth of smart technologies, it is more necessary than ever for all companies to be guided by their rich spiritual inheritance, as spiritual enterprises.
There's such a thing as spiritual capital that has economic function and potential.
We prepare for success by acquiring virtues.
The business virtue par excellence is honesty without it markets can't long survive.
When all benefits are promised by the state, nobody need feel grateful for them.
Attempts to secure an equal outcome always require unequal treatment of individuals.
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