Quotes about Long-term

Paul saw himself living at the ultimate turning point of history. His announcement of Jesus in that culture at that moment was itself, he would have claimed, part of the long-term divine plan.

Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.

The disadvantage of short term is a wrong perspective based on this generation's need for instant results.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

In essence, engaging in sin is exchanging a short-term positive for a long-term negative, for after it's over sin stings us with the long-term consequences of death.

So it has proved in the long term, as the de-Judaized story had to find another narrative framework and eventually came up with the "works contract," in which the history of Israel was merely an example of people getting things wrong, even though it also contained a few detached promises pointing into the long-distant future.

Most of us overestimate what we can accomplish in two years, but we underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

In his list of fruits of the Spirit, Paul includes one that we translate with the archaic word "long-suffering." We would do well to revive that word, and concept, in its most literal form to apply to the problem of long-term pain.

Real results come from putting your momentary needs on hold to pursue larger, more important goals.

People don't like the idea of thinking long term. Many are desperately seeking short term answers because they have money problems to be solved today.