Quotes About Stability

The longer the time horizon, the less the variability in average annual returns. Investors should not underestimate their time horizons. An investor who begins contributing to a retirement plan at age 25, and then, in retirement, draws on the accumulated capital until age 75 and beyond, would have an investment lifetime of 50 years or more. Our colleges, universities, and many other durable institutions have essentially unlimited time horizons.

The TIF is designed to be held for a lifetime.

The true structure of the church is the Kingdom of God, and this is neither frail nor like a tent in any way. But

For the truth of God is sufficiently solid and certain in itself, and can receive no better confirmation from any other quarter than from itself; but our faith being slender and weak, unless it be supported on every side, and sustained by every assistance, immediately shakes, fluctuates, totters, and falls.

the Holy City shall not be moved from its place because God dwells in it and is always ready to bring it help.

because life is not stable except by faith. Let

But we are not to forget that the stability of our salvation is not in us but in the secret election of God.

Particles like protons or electrons occupy microscopic niches into which only one particle is allowed to sit. Any attempt to compress matter so that more than one particle would be squeezed into each niche is met by a resisting force. The balance between this force and the inward push of gravity results in the large, stable, cold bodies we see in the solar system.

All we can assert with confidence is a negative: if the constants of Nature were not within one percent or so of their observed values, then the basic buildong blocks of life would not exist in sufficient profusion in the Universe. Moreover, changes like this would affect the very stability of the elements and prevent the existence of the required elements rather than merely suppress their abundance.

I think the American people lose a large part of the joy of life because they do not live for generations in the same place.

Reading. Reading was the stable backdrop against which my life was played.

Mental health and mental balance is critical to leading a healthy life.

Security and safety were the reward of dullness.

I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.

When we...go back in to the past and rake up all the troubles we've had, we end up reeling and straggering through life. Stability and peace of mind come by living in the moment.

Your life is the same wherever you go.

The only way to live a long life is in a state of constant boredom.

Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same.

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.

Life should be all about change. But some things shouldn't change. And my three-piece suits are one of those things.

I think everything in life is a balance.

The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.

In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.