Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.
Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim at, Prudence ensures the rightness of the means we adopt to gain that end.
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
I don't wanna gain the whole world and lose my soul.
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.
Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.
Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.
Winners see the gain; losers see the pain.
The truly great consider, first, how they may gain the approbation of God, and, secondly, that of their own conscience. Having done this, they would then willingly conciliate the good opinion of their fellow-men. But the truly little reverse the thing. The primary object with them is to secure the applause of their fellow-men; and having effected this, the approbation of God and their own conscience may follow on as they can.
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.
Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.
When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off.
You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform
Like me or don't like me, I'm not going to adjust my behavior, just to gain a few more positive fans.
When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain. ’
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.
The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.
One gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself.