Quotes About Gain

We are all basically selfish, driven by fear of death and the hope of personal gain

You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.

Are you saying that you plan to blackmail the leaders of the world?" Sheriff said. "Blackmail is such an ugly word. It implies that we're doing something wrong for personal gain. What we're doing is holding off using information that could hurt these people as a thank you for them doing the right thing. Hardly the same thing at all," Paddy said.

Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss.

and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

For you ask, ëWhat does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?í

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

What does the worker gain from his toil?

This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.