Long-Term Benefits Quotes

The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

The good education of youth has been esteemed by wise men in all ages as the surest foundation of happiness.

When does the American taxpayer get a return on the money spent on Defense R&D? Never. Our companies are too quick to give our technology away for short term profits.

Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right science and the right technology. But to get there, you have to actually invest in R&D. And often that means you have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits.

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

An investment in our kids is an investment in our future. It strengthens our economy through workforce development, attracts new jobs, and builds new industries in our state.

Countries are very reluctant to impose short term pain for long term gain.

What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life.

Actions aimed at supporting deleveraging and balance-sheet repair - such as recognizing losses, writing down assets, and recapitalizing banks - carry longer-term benefits but short-term costs.

I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral and political choice is still up to us, as citizens and as voters.

I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

I think it's a great thing that players have to go to school for at least a year. I think it definitely helps you in the long run.

I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end.

Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

Your patience will be rewarded.

It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.

The truth is, politicians want to be reelected, and no European leader sill risk his or her future by overusing a policy that us costly in the short run but possibly beneficial in the long run.

Successful shows will always generate great business deals in the future.

The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.