Compensation Quotes

• People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Freedom, Thinking, People

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• If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Perseverance, Disappointment, Self Esteem

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.10, Yale University Press

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• If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Top Management

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• Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

  Cary Grant

  Inspirational, Jobs, Order

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• A compensation is something which does not quite compensate.

  Frances Parkinson Keyes

  Doe

  Frances Parkinson Keyes (1968). “Dinner at Antoine's”

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• We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.

  William Barclay

  Inspirational, Life, Taken

  William Barclay (2003). “Day by Day with William Barclay: Selected Readings for Daily Reflection”, Hendrickson Publishers

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• My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.

  Nikola Tesla

  Sacrifice, Law, Rewards

  Nikola Tesla (2007). “My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla”, p.69, Cosimo, Inc.

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• As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain; if thou hast lost thy wealth, thou hast lost some trouble with it; if thou art degraded from thy honor, thou art likewise freed from the stroke of envy; if sickness hath blurred thy beauty, it hath delivered thee from pride. Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great; he loses little or nothing, that reserves himself.

  Francis Quarles

  Art, Pride, Loss

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.42

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• It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

  Seneca the Younger

  Money, Loss, Evil

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• The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.

  Rene Cassin

  Agency, Rights, Organization

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• History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

  Lord Acton

  History, Suffering, Penalties

  "Historical Essays and Studies". Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, oll.libertyfund.org. 1907.

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• Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

  Harvey Mackay

  Addiction, Benefits, Rewards

  Harvey Mackay (1999). “Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top”

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• No collection without compensation.

  Jeff Rich

  Collections

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• Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Debtors, Owing A Debt, Forgetful

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Eight, Rights, Years

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• Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.

  Alice Hamilton

  Illinois, Occupation, Disease

  Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.92, Read Books Ltd

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• San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans

  Gavin Newsom

  San Francisco, Challenges, Cost

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• The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation.

  Elton Gallegly

  Taken, Guarantees That, Use

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• Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.

  Meg Whitman

  Names, Government, Suffering

  "The Kudlow Report", www.cnbc.com. July 16, 2010.

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• The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid.

  Meir Kahane

  Country, Facts, Creation

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• Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.

  Barney Frank

  Country, Decision, Receiving

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• A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

  Roald Dahl

  Freedom, Stupid, Daze

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.166, Penguin

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• It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.

  Billy Sheehan

  Important, Desire, Burning

  Usa Today Online Chat With Billy Sheehan, www.billysheehan.com. August 21, 2001.

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• Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

  Boris Spassky

  Sacrifice, Player, Important

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