Quotes About Investment

has long been known that effort can be the secret sauce that makes things better. One of the classic findings in psychology is that the more effort you put into something, the more you value it. This is the logic of Benjamin Franklin's classic advice on how to turn a rival into a friend—ask him or her to do you a favor. Having worked to help you, they'll like you more.

Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade.

Governments could recognize the huge value added if the two biological parents choose to live together with the child: a tax-credit bonus could reduce the tax burden for those who are taxpayers, and income could be supplemented by an equivalent amount for those who are not. The commitment of young parents to their children benefits us all, and we should be prepared to pay for it. When parents withhold this commitment, the rest of us pay for it – heavily.

It is vital to know that faith is not just an action of your brain; it's an investment of your life.

What is the big vision that you're working toward? What is the big dream you are investing in? What is your definition of the "good life"? When will you know that you have been successful? If you had it all, what would "all" look like?

He reminds us not to live for the treasures of the moment:

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

A healthy bottom line means that a company is making money. And if a company is making money, then you can make money by investing in its stock.

Long-term goals refer to projects or financial goals that need funding five or more years from now. Intermediate-term goals refer to financial goals that need funding two to five years from now. Short-term goals need funding less than two years from now.

Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

Investing should be like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement… go to Las Vegas.

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.

The second was my stupidity in not availing myself of the opportunity of buying 'La Terre Labourée', of Miró, in London in 1939 for fifteen hundred dollars. Now, if it were for sale, it would be worth well over fifty thousand.

There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and baffled my accountant. If I had not picked up this habit in the library long ago, I would have more money in the bank today; I would not be richer.

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.

From now on, have your passions; but as for love, you need to know where to invest it wisely. It's only a woman's final love that can satisfy a man's first love.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Reading the book of Proverbs on child rearing is like paying good money for financial advice and being told after ten sessions, "Here's what I've come up with. Invest your money wisely, and you will be set for retirement." I was hoping for stock tips.

with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.