Long Run Quotes

539 Long Run quotes by 422 unique authors

In the long run, most of us spend about fifteen minutes total in the entanglements of passion, and the rest of our days looking back… — Barbara Kingsolver
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. — George Bernard Shaw
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at. — Henry David Thoreau
The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search for… — Arthur C. Clarke
I sighed and went back to filling out the application. The whole thing made me feel like my family didn’t think I had any right… — Kiera Cass
There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not… — Flannery O'Connor
It's one of my biggest memories of my father reading. I had pneumonia, remember, but I was a little better now, and madly caught up… — William Goldman
We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering. — Emily Bronte
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
To allow only the kind of art that the average man understands is the worst small-mindedness and the murder of mind and spirit. It is… — Thomas Mann
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in… — Idries Shah
You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not… — John Knowles
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't… — Christopher McDougall
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I… — Rebecca Stead
If ever you get to be my age," said the old woman, "you will know all there is to know about regrets, and you will… — Neil Gaiman
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention… — Eleanor Roosevelt
I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of… — Jessica Sorensen
Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better. — Jim Butcher
In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds. — Epictetus
Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a… — Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends on the ability… — Ludwig von Mises
If it is true, as I have tried to show, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem ofhuman existence, then… — Erich Fromm
Carbon capture and storage, its commercial development.. is going to be the key to the future of coal. If it is successful commercially, then the… — Ross Garnaut
Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right. — Thomas Jefferson

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422 authors contributed a total of 539 Long Run Quotes, led by these top contributors: