best quotations about
Profits & Gains |
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Quotations
 | Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 8 likes |
 | A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 3 likes |
 | Profit is not the purpose of a business, but rather the test of its validity. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | Civilization and profits go hand in hand. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 3 likes |
 | In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. — Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher 3 likes |
| A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 2 likes |
 | The social responsibility of business is to increase its profit. — Milton Friedman, 1912-2006, American economist 2 likes |
 | When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich, it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on “income distribution,” the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned. |
| I made my money by selling too soon. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
| Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
| I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move, if I get to keep the middle 80%. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | Anytime you learn, you gain. |
Ancient Greek
 | Dishonest gain has short pleasures and long sorrows. Τα πονηρά κέρδη τας μεν ηδονάς έχει μικράς, τας δε λύπας μακράς. — Diphilos of Sifnos, c. 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek epic poet 6 likes |
 | prefer loss to dishonest profit; the one will grieve you once, the other for ever. Ζημίαν αιρού μάλλον ή κέρδος αισχόν. Το μεν γαρ άπαξ λυπήσει, το δε αεί. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 4 likes |
 | Gain upon gain, and interest to boot! Κέρδει κέρδος άλλο τίκτεται. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Seven against Thebes 3 likes |
 | Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster. Μη κακά κερδαίνειν: κακά κέρδεα ισ᾽ αάτησιν. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -352 2 likes |
 | Evil gains bring loss of virtue. Κακά κέρδεα ζημίαν αρετής φέρει. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | Loss and profit are brothers. 9 likes |
 | No pain, no gain. 4 likes |
| Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 3 likes |
