Short Term Quotes - Page 15

• A job is a short term solution to a long term problem

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Jobs, Long, Problem

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• I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.

  Richard Branson

  Believe, Years, Long

  "Richard Branson: 'Capitalism has lost its way'' by Graham Snowdon, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2011.

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• If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Pain, Long, Benefits

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• An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs.

  K. Eric Drexler

  Running, Technology, Race

  Foresight Institute Interview, www.foresight.org. June 15, 1987.

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• If your short-term goals are too high, you may give up too soon. If your long-term goals are too low, they may not give you enough enthusiasm to drive you over the bumps in the road along the way.

  Darren LaCroix

  Giving Up, Long, Goal

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• Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

  Seth Godin

  Positivity, Long, Strategy

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• We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles

  Jim Rohn

  Powerful, Past, Long

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 09, 2017

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• Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who are equally interested in short-term results.

  Erik Naggum

  Competition, Way, Results

  "O'reilly subjugated to the Lisp juggenaut". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. January 18, 2004.

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• Any strategy that involves crossing a valley accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.

  Neal Stephenson

  Distance, Loss, Valleys

  FaceBook post by Neal Stephenson from Oct 02, 2011

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• My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Book, Break Through, People

  "Chuck Palahniuk in conversation with Tom Spanbauer". Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com. May 2014.

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• Motherhood - no matter if you're a working mom or stay at home mom - is really tough sometimes. It can really leave us each day with a sense of wondering if we're doing it right. You know, it's a long term investment. You don't see big returns in the short term. Raising a child can easily pull you into being hyper-focused on the tough everyday moments of life.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Mom, Children, Home

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• You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do.

  Simon Sinek

  Stress, Should, Term

  Source: www.meetadvisors.com

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• Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Education, Understanding, Honest

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.393, Rajpal & Sons

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• There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.

  Dara Torres

  Thinking, Practice, Goal

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• In the short term, it would not have made it possible to resume relations, because in the Chinese mind, the humiliation of China started with the annexation of Taiwan by Japan. If the United States had suddenly declared Taiwan as a separate state - for which we would have had no support among other nations - the consequences would have been giving up our relationship with China and committing ourselves to a long-term conflict with China.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Giving Up, Japan, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country.

  Alexandra Paul

  Country, Lines, Bigs

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• Obviously this stuff takes a bit of planning, but I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. So I've just always been someone that's sort of reassessed where I'm at, and set goals that are realistic. And luckily, I've had plenty of chances to recalibrate and adjust, and good fortune's come my way.

  Eric Bana

  Disappointment, Years, Giving

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 29, 2009.

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• We over estimate technology in the short term and under estimate technology in the long term.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Technology, Long, Term

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• There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle range, global well-being generally; and, in the long range, the environment.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Long, Three, Environment

  "Magic Mountain" by Nick Paumgarten, www.newyorker.com. March 5, 2012.

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• My short-term vision is the abolition of nuclear weapons. My long-term vision is the abolition of war.

  Joseph Rotblat

  War, Long, Vision

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• I think that most technology is positive in the short term, and negative in the long term. I wonder, if somebody looked back at the 20th and 21st centuries a thousand years from now, what their perception of the car would be. Or of television. I wonder if over time, they'll be seen as this thing that drove the culture, but ultimately had more downside than upside.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Technology, Thinking, Years

  "Chuck Klosterman's greatest fears". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. October 27, 2009.

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• When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Loss, Thinking, People

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• High protein diets make you sick in the long and short term. Expect kidney disease, heart disease and more strokes and cancer. Plus the weight loss is temporary because you can't stay sick for long. Look at the creators of these diets - many are fat themselves.

  John A. McDougall

  Cancer, Heart, Loss

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• Be indifferent if you lose your short term clients, remember they are your own worst enemy

  Seth Klarman

  Worst Enemy, Clients, Remember

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• I like what Barcelona is doing. This city almost perfectly combines its natural advantages with cultural attractions, IT parks and first-rate educational opportunities. The same applies for Dublin, which manages to achieve a blend of complexity, tolerance and artistry and makes a point of not devoting every part of the city to the tourism industry. Sometimes creativity also means forgoing short-term profits and simply saying no.

  Charles Landry

  Educational, Mean, Creativity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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