Debts Quotes

178 Debts quotes by 144 unique authors

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers. — Alexander Pope
Too much pleasure disagrees with us. Too many concords are annoying in music; too many benefits irritate us; we wish to have the wherewithal to… — Blaise Pascal
Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine. — Charles Nodier
The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware,… — Simone Weil
Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of… — Charles Kennedy
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on… — Jo Nesbo
We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another… — Helen and Scott Nearing
America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then,… — Peter Welch
As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had,… — Benjamin Franklin
The secret of the difficulties of those people who make a great deal of money, and yet are always in want of it, is this-they… — William Hazlitt
The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed him in that… — Thomas Jefferson
I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend… — Shane Filan
Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts. — Julius Nyerere
I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't… — Chuck Hagel
In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet… — Luis de Guindos
We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our poor eyes fail… — Peter Julian Eymard
Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
...our societies appear to be intent on immediate consumption rather than on investment for the future. We are piling up enormous debts and exploiting the… — Lesslie Newbigin
A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in the… — Lesslie Newbigin
The unthinkable is that we're distorting this atmospheric balance. We're shifting the chemical balance so that we have more poisons in the atmosphere - ozones… — Michael Oppenheimer
Queen Mary had a way of interrupting tattle about elopements, duels, and play debts, by asking the tattlers, very quietly yet significantly, whether they had… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for… — Ayn Rand
If you want to pay off your debts, it pays to increase your earning power. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of… — William Graham Sumner

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