Quotes about Long-term

The health, long-term mission, and viability of the church are not going to be determined by those who gather on Sunday morning. The future of the church will be determined by the depth of its disciples.

You're right, Mr. Thatcher. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in sixty years.

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

Then are there no rules at all, Lord?" Moneo's voice conveyed a faint hint of hysteria. Leto smiled to ease the man's tensions. "Perhaps one. Short—term decisions tend to fail in the long—term.

The only way for us to have long-term happiness is to live by our highest ideals.

In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.

anyone in recovery will tell you, setbacks are part of the process in long-term change. Rather than beat myself up, I simply asked God and my friends to help me get back on track.

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

Many diets and fitness plans use guilt as a motivation, but that never works in the long run.

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.

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

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.