Quotes About Gain

The one who does not risk anything does not gain nor lose.

There is love and there is sorrow, but the gain outweighs the loss, if you will make it so.

Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.

The great enemy of Plato is the world, not exactly in the theological sense, yet in one not wholly different--the world as the hater of truth and lover of appearance, occupied in the pursuit of gain and pleasure rather than of knowledge, banded together against the few good and wise men, and devoid of true education.

Therefore, she would have to open herself to all the experiences that her new life provided, including the awful possibility of rejection and severe disappointment. Without risk, there was no hope of gain.

Preserve me from the enemy who has something to gain, and from the friend who has something to lose.

for every loss there is an equal or greater gain. Often humans have to search for it, though.

The self or wealth, which is greater? Gain or loss, which is more painful?

All living things are looking to gain an advantage for themselves, but the process also imposes a burden on them. Generally speaking, the potential gain right in front of you causes you to forget the potential disaster right behind you. The two are connected." Chuang Tzu

If we wanted something, we had to earn it.

I earn everything that I get.

What remains uncertain, rather, is whether this gain in evidence and (we might as well say it) splendor is due to the slow retreat of the sky, which as it moves away, sinks deeper and deeper into darkness, or whether on the contrary, it is the moon that is coming forward, collecting the previously scattered light and depriving the sky of it, concentrating it all in the round mouth of its funnel.

Heretics are the only ones worth trusting,' the voice said, 'for they have everything to gain and everything to lose.

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

Ethnic divisions can definitely be exacerbated by a lack of natural resources, but those tensions become violent when people manipulate them for their own political gain.

'Ramayan' was my first show which propelled me as an actor and helped me gain visibility.

Sometimes what we see as a loss turns out in the end to be a gain, and sometimes a gain is a loss. I try not to be too swift to pass judgment on any situation, preferring instead to be patient and take the long view because I believe that in the end all things work together for good.

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

there is no room for transactions which do not compensate for the risk of loss by the prospect of a gain.

Medication is the accepted treatment—even though it is often the medication itself causing more weight gain, worsening symptoms, and making individuals more diabetic.

Por cada cosa que usted ha perdido, ha ganado algo más; y por cada cosa que gana, siempre se pierde algo».

They want to know what's in it for them.

Stop worrying about what you have to lose and start focusing on what you have to gain.

Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons.