Quotes About Long-term

We must take the long view—every defeat is a victory in a war of attrition.

What I have found over and over is that, once we have made short-term changes, they tend to change our long-term habits.

U.S. policy is too often shaped by the desire to tamp down that violence as fast as possible, rather than fostering the kind of deep-seated, long-term changes that would kill its roots.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Great leaders possess tremendous long-term clarity about what they're trying to accomplish both personally and in their careers. And it's this long-term perspective that builds character, wisdom, and self-discipline. Long-term thinking is the hallmark of high-performance living, yet it's often neglected in favor of the treadmill of urgent activities of the moment.

Doctors also think that many patients may have long-term consequences of infection with SARS-2 in many organ systems, in what is called "post-COVID syndrome." Such patients may have permanently scarred or injured lungs or kidneys or hearts, for example, or even, in rare cases, neurological deficits.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

top management's purpose needs to be serving customers, not maximizing profit, if it is to achieve long-term competitive advantage.4

When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

one is…a major key to us, to human beings, I mean. When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Having a long-term plan--and not casting it aside--is the key to dealing with our fear of loss (loss aversion).

Longterm success begins with the longterm imagination to envision the life you've always wanted.

Identify businesses that can generate above-average profits for many years. 2. Wait until the shares of those businesses trade for less than their intrinsic value, and then buy. 3. Hold those shares until either the business deteriorates, the shares become overvalued, or you find a better investment. This holding period should be measured in years, not months. 4. Repeat as necessary.

1. Identify businesses that can generate above-average profits for many years. 2. Wait until the shares of those businesses trade for less than their intrinsic value, and then buy. 3. Hold those shares until either the business deteriorates, the shares become overvalued, or you find a better investment. This holding period should be measured in years, not months. 4. Repeat as necessary.

you can simply buy wonderful companies at reasonable prices, and let those companies compound cash over long periods of time. Surprisingly, there aren't all that many money managers who follow this strategy, even though it's the one used by some of the world's most successful investors. (Warren Buffett is the best-known.)

Purposes are threads of continuity that we weave into the long-term view of our lives. Goals come and go, but purposes survive because they are long-term, they pertain to the why we exist part of our lives. They relate to how we perceive the theory of our lives.

Ultimately, we just don't know much about the long-term cardiac effects of microdosing. For this reason, it's best to limit your microdosing cycles to no more than 90 days at a time, with at least two rest days between each dose and perhaps a month or so between each cycle.

If you absorb the suffering of others, then you're less able to help them in the long run because achieving long-term goals often requires inflicting short-term pain.

In spite of the desire for relational connectivity, the greatest ministry challenge facing these younger Christians is arguably long-term commitment. In their fast-moving, ever-changing world, concentration on any one thing for more than three or six months is very challenging. Going on a short-term mission trip to rescue people from human trafficking is one thing; investing years or decades in fighting unjust legal systems is another.

A leadership community is spiritually safe and prepared for a long-term and productive life of ministry only when what is important to God is not just theologically important to them but also functionally important.

La historia de los ciclos largos demuestra que el Estado solo se siente forzado a actuar cuando el capital fracasa en su empeño por impulsar los salarios a la baja y cuando los nuevos modelos de negocio se ven anegados bajo una avalancha de condiciones negativas;

Long-term goals refer to projects or financial goals that need funding five or more years from now. Intermediate-term goals refer to financial goals that need funding two to five years from now. Short-term goals need funding less than two years from now.