Long Term Quotes

This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

Oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long term.

I don't think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad. The longer it takes, the worse it will get.

It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships.

I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work.

People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.

But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.

We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

I am a coach who thinks always in the long term.

In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations.

We Germans are particularly aware that you can only be successful on the global market over the long term if you offer energy-efficient products that are, by nature, climate-friendly.

If I get in a relationship, it's always for the long-term; if not, I don't see the point.

If I haven't had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I've already done on this show, this isn't gonna hurt much more.

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.

Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win.

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

I'd like to be proven wrong on the difficulty of handling the medical side-effects of long term exposure to deep space (both microgravity induced illnesses and radiation damage).

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.

The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

What is working in the economy is a natural comeback plus some effects of the policies we've been following. But I'm sort of worried about the long term effects.

I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.

He knew that Dr. Argon would advise him against bottling up his emotions as it would lead to psychological scarring in the long term.

It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria.

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.

Nature's not our enemy, it's our sustenance; and we need it - and we need nature healthy for us to be healthy and to survive long term

Enhancing long term national security requires that we have a clear-eyed view of radical Islamic terrorism without ascribing radical Islamic terrorist views to all Muslims.

I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series.

I think, in the long term it's in the goal of everyone to see a unified Korea that actually provides for the people of North Korea the kind of life that they need.

Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.

Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW Group will benefit from it.

The fact remains that most of us are anesthetized to the true cost and true value of long term care insurance.

It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.

Long term interest of the nation should be foremost.

The price earning multiple must be less than ten or the inverse of the long term corporate bond rate, whichever is the less.

Long term debt and bank debt (including off-balance sheet financing must be judiciously employed. There must be room to expand the debt position if required.

We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities.

Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.

Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque.

Acting as a career is a long term thing and that work is kind of progressive and you can build on a career. It's part of the great tradition of the theater to me.

No well-planned retirement should be without long term care insurance. It is the very cornerstone of retirement security.

I believe over the long term he's going to have the money, and he's got the message, that this is going to be one of the finalists for the presidential campaign.

I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.

What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.

The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.