Long Term Quotes

890 Long Term quotes by 686 unique authors

We are not long-term beings. Not heroes of romances in many volumes. For one gesture, for one word alone, we shall make the effort. We… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness,… — Jillian Michaels
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict… — Matt Ridley
Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term… — Jared Diamond
Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward. — Michael Lewis
We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of… — Nicholas G. Carr
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents are unable to… — Hope Edelman
I tried not to think about my life. I did not have any good solid plans for it long-term - no bad plans either, no… — Lorrie Moore
Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term… — Margaret Atwood
God wants to help us to eventually turn all of our weaknesses into strengths,1 but He knows that this is a long-term goal. He wants… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Even in a personal sense, after all, art is an intensified life. By art one is more deeply satisfied and more rapidly used up. It… — Thomas Mann
She got to you, too, huh?" I said, sliding onto the bench seat across from him. "Actually, I called her." Luca grinned. "I'm vomiting from… — Rachel Vincent
One person simply can’t be all things to another person – sexually or otherwise—and unmet needs, unfulfilled desire, and unexplored possibilities are prices we pay… — Dan Savage
He knew that Dr. Argon would advise him against bottling up his emotions as it would lead to psychological scarring in the long term. — Eoin Colfer
Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some luck in life;… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere… — Alfie Kohn
If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term. — David Mitchell
And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The… — Sheryl Sandberg
In the short term, corporal punishment may produce obedience. But it is a fact documented by research that in the long term the results are… — Alice Miller
The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in… — Tony Robbins
Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship. — Steve Pavlina
I like to pride myself on thinking pretty long term, but not that long term. — Mark Zuckerberg
Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits… — Michael Schudson
power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to… — Robert M. Gates
Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve… — Dalai Lama

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