Quotes About Gain

That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.

In any case, even the most corrupt of us finds it hard to believe in evil unless it is based on some interest. We reject the idea of harm done for no cause and without gain as anomalous.

Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain in -Edmond Dantes, Chapter 5

If you want to find a culprit, first you find those who might gain a benefit from committed act.

War is a distraction: we gain everything by it; we can only lose one thing by it—life—then so much the worse!

Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic communities, the majority of the people do not clearly see what they have to gain by a revolution, but they continually and in a thousand ways feel that they might lose by one.

The desire to grow rich at all costs, the taste for business, the passion for gain, the pursuit of comfort and material enjoyment are thus the most common preoccupations in despotisms.

As for those who state that it is thanks to a woman, the Lady Eve, that man was expelled from paradise, my answer to them would be that man has gained far more through Mary than he ever lost through Eve.'

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

There are always those prepared to sacrifice civilised principles for personal gain,

Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain; No fear lest he should swerve or faint; "His life is Christ, his death is gain.

We usually appreciate only half the cycle of impermanence. We can accept birth but not death, gain but not loss, or the end of exams but not the beginning. True liberation comes from appreciating the whole cycle and not grasping onto those things we find agreeable.

a feeling that terrestrial facts must be ignored, and that the abolition of respirators was a positive gain.

Memories are treasures," he murmured. "Lock the best of them in your mind forever, the most splendid moments, and throw away the rest. Any day when you gain such a treasure is a day well-spent.

When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.

There are many kinds of ignorance, Streggi. The basest is to follow your own desires without examining them. Sometimes, we do it unconsciously. Hone your sensitivity. Be aware of what you do unconsciously. Always ask: 'When I did that, what was I trying to gain?

It is your fate, forgetfulness. All of the old lessons of life, you lose and gain and lose and gain again.

I win my awards at the box office.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

The individual's striving for his own gain, in fine, without an equal emphasis on social welfare, no longer automatically brings good to the community.

For every gain there is a sacrifice, and the removal of the parasite sometimes entails removal of the host.

If a movie makes money, then it's a success.

The struggle is never easy to finding what is lost and to gain the best of what is to come without sweat.