Quotes About Investment

Happiness recedes from those who pursue her." Happiness will come upon me unexpectedly as a by-product, a surprising bonus for something I have invested myself in. And, most likely, that investment will include pain. It is hard to imagine pleasure without it.

In no case does the energy required for synthesis appear to be provided by an influx of fresh capital, but by expenditure.

I think that man was half-right. He is better off out of the game - but the game may not be better off without him. A man should not exist for himself alone. Life made an investment in him, and that investment was not paid off.

because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible...

Quiet time is not an excuse for the lazy but a wise investment for the diligent.

He sold the business but kept the corner block building

You need somebody to work for besides who pays you, somebody special to build something with, to share a future with.

Life insurance proceeds and the sale of two houses

Is it worth something?" "At retail, from a collector, it would bring forty thousand dollars, maybe a few thousand less.

Like anything else, friendship was an investment in time.

At the present time I am spending nearly $300 a month from my own personal funds for work which in my opinion has absolutely to be done to keep up the work of the office

Consider your life your personal currency-and invest it wisely.

Invest your time in what is personally meaningful and relevant

One cannot get rid of a good education, nor, unfortunately, of a bad one, which often is such because one has not wanted to defray the expenses of a good one.

Newspaper columnist Dave Barry once wrote that the motto of the wedding industry is, 'Money can't buy you happiness, so you might as well give your money to us.

This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her? She cost me almost everything I had, he said, with a wry tone that made the others laugh. But worth it.

Ye must always give money for a new blade," he explained, half smiling. "So it kens ye for its owner, and willna turn on ye.

Almost everybody understands that you have to have something at stake for a story to be good.

If he's bound to risk his life, then it's my job to see he gets the most return from his gambling.

we must find ye something decent to wear." "But we can't afford—" "It's an investment," he said

Put everything into it if you're asking people to part with money for it. That's the way I feel about it.

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'

VCs are good at asking questions.

Never underrate the importance of asset allocation.