As an entrepreneur, you’re always looking for inspiration and advice from those who have been successful. Here is a compilation of some great quotes from economists that will inspire and motivate you to achieve your goals.

1. There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics. — Peter J. Boettke

2. Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. I don’t know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor. — Newt Gingrich

4. In any sane society, a farmer is a billion times more important than an economist. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

5. A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. — Steven D. Levitt

6. Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. — Noam Chomsky

7. I’m Harvard–educated; I’m an economist by training. I’m an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona Laduke

8. I am an educationist. I’m an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know? — Robert Mugabe

9. I am not an economist. I am an honest man! — Mark Twain

10. I am an educationist. I’m an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know? — Robert Mugabe

11. An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. — Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

12. Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. Percentages! Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can’t define your identity. — Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

14. This week’s important that the board be comprised of people who are academics, economists, and not people who are highly partisan. — Mitt Romney

15. I’m Harvard–educated; I’m an economist by training. I’m an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona Laduke

16. Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory. — Ronald Reagan

17. Percentages! Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can’t define your identity. — Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

18. Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That’s not a statement, it’s a definition. — Milton Friedman

19. Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That’s not a statement, it’s a definition. — Milton Friedman

20. The future is already here–it’s just not evenly distributed. The Economist, December 4, 2003 — William Gibson

21. Where the bourgeois economists saw a relation between things (the exchange of one commodity for another) Marx revealed a relation between people. — Vladimir Lenin

22. No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. — Walter Bagehot

23. Accountants and economists are natural enemies. One views trees, the other forests, and the visions are usually at odds, as they should be. — Robert Ludlum

24. A good accountant is someone who told you yesterday what the economists forcast for tomorrow — Miles Thomas

25. Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That’s not a statement, it’s a definition. — Milton Friedman

26. Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don’t like going back to ordinary language and first principles. — Martha C. Nussbaum

27. I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior. — Milton Friedman

28. I am not an economist. I am an honest man! — Mark Twain

29. You know economists; they’re the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in theory. — Ronald Reagan

30. Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer–economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem. — William F. Buckley

31. If you laid every economist in the country end to end you would still not reach a conclusion. — Salvadore Nasello

32. I’m Harvard–educated; I’m an economist by training. I’m an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona Laduke

33. No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. — Walter Bagehot

34. If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions. — Winston Churchill

35. What I’m asking for is a new economic order. I don’t know how to construct that; I’m not an economist. — Michael Moore

36. There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics. — Peter J. Boettke

37. An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. — Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

38. I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior. — Milton Friedman

39. An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. — Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

40. An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. — Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

41. I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn’t strike me as a politician. He strikes me as an economist. — Todd Rokita

42. I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn’t strike me as a politician. He strikes me as an economist. — Todd Rokita

43. A good accountant is someone who told you yesterday what the economists forcast for tomorrow — Miles Thomas

44. I was an economist now turning into a human being–as if these are two different things. I don’t know but I did that and then I had no vision. — Muhammad Yunus

45. There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess? — Thomas Sowell

46. The science of public happiness was how Keynes saw his work as an economist. — Richard Davenport–Hines, Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes

47. Every company that has an economist working for him has one employee too many. — Warren Buffett

48. Percentages! Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can’t define your identity. — Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

49. I was an economist now turning into a human being–as if these are two different things. I don’t know but I did that and then I had no vision. — Muhammad Yunus

50. I’m Harvard–educated; I’m an economist by training. I’m an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona Laduke

No matter which economist you admire, you can rest assured that their words will continue to inspire generations to come. From Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, their teachings and philosophies will continue to shape the way we think about economics and finance. These quotes remind us of the importance of looking to the past to get a better understanding of the present and the future. As we strive to make the world a better place, we can benefit from looking back at the words of wisdom provided by some of the greatest minds in the field of economics.