#profit

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. ↗

— Elizabeth Hardwick

#dearly #derive #great #instruction #makes

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales! ↗

— Robert Bolt

#his #man #nothing #profits #soul

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. ↗

— Bono

#associates #commodities #corrupt #government #hoard

Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create! ↗

— Robert Collier

#create #dream #every #fact #into

Civilization and profit go hand in hand. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#go #hand #profit

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#itself #needed #profitable #wanted

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. ↗

— Paul Getty

#industries #notorious #operate #profit #their

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

#most #profitable #righteous #same #thing

I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable. ↗

— John Green

#bookstores #crazy #i #i think #independent

He only profits from praise who values criticism. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#only #praise #profits #values #who