Positive actions draw positive returns, and negative…

“If we allow the negative to take over, it will quickly consume us to the point we will lose control.”

— Karli Rush

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

— Thomas Sowell

“Just be aware that you reach a point of diminishing, or even negative, returns as the specifications get more and more detailed.”

— Andrew Hunt

Good debt accrues assets that generate positive returns and externalities.

— Anthony Scaramucci

“It takes time, patience, productivity and persistence to 'pop the oil'; just keep digging. Worthy investments take time to show positive returns.”

— T.F. Hodge

The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going to lend…

— Mohamed El-Erian

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will…

— Tenzin Palmo

Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed,

— Bill Gross

Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts…

— Wilma Mankiller

Negative thoughts lead to negative feelings. Negative feelings lead to negative actions. Negative actions lead to a negative life. Let your thoughts be nothing…

— Andrew James

To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned. Of course,…

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting…

— Dalai Lama

“If you accumulate virtuous actions properly— such as avoiding killing, freeing animals, and cultivating patience toward others—it will be beneficial in the future and…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“First, we must see that our negative actions arise due to prejudice and erroneous judgments. The discrimination that labels some as 'friends' and others…

— Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru

Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge…

— Gautama Buddha