Quotes about Profit
What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary—if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?
— John Newton
Big business don't go broke any more. The minute it looks bad for them, they combine with something else and issue more stock.
— Will Rogers
Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.
— Aristotle
If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for learning.
— Thomas a Kempis
There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?
— Thomas a Kempis
If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee without the love and grace of God?
— Thomas a Kempis
Thou wilt be quickly deceived if thou lookest only upon the outward appearance of men, for if thou seekest thy comfort and profit in others, thou shalt too often experience loss. If thou seekest Jesus in all things thou shalt verily find Jesus, but if thou seekest thyself thou shalt also find thyself, but to thine own hurt. For if a man seeketh not Jesus he is more hurtful to himself than all the world and all his adversaries.
— Thomas a Kempis
It is a hard thing to break through a habit, and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will. Yet if thou overcome not slight and easy obstacles, how shalt thou overcome greater ones? Withstand thy will at the beginning, and unlearn an evil habit, lest it lead thee little by little into worse difficulties. Oh, if thou knewest what peace to thyself thy holy life should bring to thyself, and what joy to others, methinketh thou wouldst be more zealous for spiritual profit.
— Thomas a Kempis
Do not those who always seek consolation deserve to be called mercenaries? Do not those who always think of their own profit and gain prove that they love themselves rather than Christ? Where can a man be found who desires to serve God for nothing? Rarely indeed is a man so spiritual as to strip himself of all things. And who shall find a man so truly poor in spirit as to be free from every creature? His value is like that of things brought from the most distant lands.
— Thomas a Kempis
For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God? Vanity of vanities and all is vanity, except to love God and serve Him alone.
— Thomas a Kempis
For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God?
— Thomas a Kempis
Companies make attractive money when they solve the hardest problems.
— Clayton M. Christensen