“Money is a tool to be put to work.”
A.P. Møller
This quote is commonly attributed to A.P. Møller, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“No loss should hit us which can be avoided with constant care.”
— A.P. Møller Primary source“Constant care from everyone, in matters great and small and always, is a necessary condition for the company’s success. Everyone should expect that every mishap, every damage or loss, every accident, for which the opportunity is created by a lack of constant care, will by necessity always occur; sooner or later; sometimes quite quickly, sometimes later, but expect it to happen sooner or later. This is my observation through many decades of experience, and the shipyard’s management and staff should learn from it. Also for the enrichment of their own lives and work. The argument of habitual thinking, It worked before, so it will probably work again, is not rooted in life’s realities.”
— A.P. Møller Primary source“If you have the ability, you have the obligation.”
— A.P. Møller Disputed“The eye of a master, will do more work than his hand.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Never spend your money before you have it.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source