Temporary Gain Quotes

Speculators often prosper through ignorance; it is a cliché that in a roaring bull market knowledge is superfluous and experience is a handicap. But the typical experience of the speculator is one of temporary profit and ultimate loss

Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages.

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.

Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.

I want to be an artist artist, a real artist. I don't just want to do this for temporary money.

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.

Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious; but, for the same reason, every one is eager to instruct his neighbors.

Rewards can deliver a short-term boost—just as a jolt of caffeine can keep you cranking for a few more hours. But the effect wears off—and, worse, can reduce a person’s longer-term motivation to continue the project.

What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.

Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost.

Often times, when you find an edge, it's not for very long. People figure it out, so you have to try and exploit it, quickly, while you can.

People need to look beyond just the immediate victory... There are no permanent victories.

The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.