Quotes About Long-term

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

qualities we actually select for and reward in most workplaces are precisely the ones that are unlikely to produce leaders who are good for employees or, for that matter, for long-term organizational performance.

People like the Koch brothers and the Coors beer family and other tycoons like that -- they're taking the long view, and this is what the long view is. They are diabolically patient. And they've already gotten way more of what they wanted than they ever dreamed possible. This is the real corporate coup, slow but sure. And the tank has been slowly but surely crushing us at least since Reagan, possibly even since Carter. Every once in a while they step on the gas.

You're going to carry around a dog in your purse?" I asked incredulously, wondering if my mother knew this was a long-term commitment, not a new accessory. "Who are you, Paris Hilton?" "Who?

He knew that Dr. Argon would advise him against bottling up his emotions as it would lead to psychological scarring in the long term.

Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.

Thus, though hatred is a convenient instrument for mobilizing a community for defense, it does not, in the long run, come cheap. We pay for it by losing all or many of the values we have set out to defend.

Tools that look glossy but shatter under stress are not good long-term value. Unix

I say I never wanna get married. I feel trapped with the idea of marriage. How can you really be with somebody forever? I'd get bored! As I get older, I don't settle. I'd rather tell somebody 'This is what I want - take it or leave it.'

The marriage of military metaphysics with eschatological ambition is a misbegotten one, contrary to the long-term interests of either the American people or the world beyond our borders.

Yearly data put the rest of the noise into perspective. Most of the weekly or monthly random up-and-down movements get smoothed out. Ultimately, this is where long-term investors should be focused.

Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.

If you're afraid of inflation, I think - and if you can bring yourself to have a long horizon - and when I say long, I mean ten to 20 years, not the usual ten to 20 weeks - that locking up resources in the ground is a terrific idea.

Many people struggle with losing weight and then regaining it. But there is no convincing evidence that the effort to lose weight actually promotes more weight gain in the long run.

I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.

Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into.

Because the supply of Bitcoin is limited, the price of Bitcoin is going to have to increase and increase very substantially over time. My advice is that if you're interested in Bitcoin and excited by Bitcoin, then buy some Bitcoin and hold onto them, and you're likely to do very well over time.

In football if you don't spend the money well enough it comes back to bite you, over not one season but two or three!

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been used as an effective lens through which to examine the actions business can take toward ensuring mutual long-term well-being and sustainability.

Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.

In the back of my mind, always, is the firmly held belief that public policies must serve the long-term interests and well-being of the community at large.