Long Run Quotes

539 quotes by 422 authors

This long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless… — John Maynard Keynes
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows. — Thorstein Veblen
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run. — Mike Krzyzewski
You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing… — Lewis B. Smedes
People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. — Brendan Gill
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always… — Alfred Whitney Griswold
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men that comes chiefly through their… — Bertrand Russell
Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run. — Edward Hoagland
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run… — Dalai Lama
Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company. — Elizabeth Bowen
The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research. — Rolf Potts
Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation of Nature," that… — Thomas Huxley
In general, a fact is worth more than theories in the long run. The theory stimulates, but the fact builds. The former in due time… — Theobald Smith
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in the short one-the… — Arthur C. Clarke
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. — Jack Welch
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think… — Dalai Lama
I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,… — Thomas Jefferson
Such is the moral construction of the world that no national crime passes unpunished in the long run... Were present oppressors to reflect on the… — Thomas Jefferson
In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness that… — Unknown Author

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