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  Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

  William Wordsworth

  Life, Future, Past

  Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions, www.gov.uk. June 30, 2010.

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• In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Business, Successful, Foundation

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• Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.

  Jim Rohn

  Believe, Growth, Self Help

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  Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Sarcastic, Business

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “The Eyes of the Panther (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)”, p.20, Read Books Ltd

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• The rate of profit... is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.

  Adam Smith

  Country, Ruins, Rich

  1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.11, conclusion.

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• Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Morality, Beats, Combination

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• The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

  Confucius

  Responsibility, Men, Virtue

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

  Scott Adams

  Business, Smart, Differences

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• Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Empathy, Advice

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• There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.

  Milton Friedman

  Business, Responsibility, Games

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.133, University of Chicago Press

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• It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

  Publilius Syrus

  Action, Neglect, Wells

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• Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as hard duty. Never regard study as duty but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Teaching

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• We must take the profit out of prejudice.

  Coleman Young

  Justice, Diversity, Prejudice

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• Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.

  Clayton Christensen

  Jobs, Apples, Taught Us

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• They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.

  Bruce Vilanch

  People, World, Oscars

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• Instead of hoping he must fear and instead of fearing he must hope. He must fear that his loss may develop into a much bigger loss, and hope that his profit may become a big profit.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Loss, Investing, May

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• If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.

  Meister Eckhart

  God, Seeking, Ifs

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• Profit in business comes from repeat customers

  W. Edwards Deming

  Loyal Customers, Focus In Business, Great Customer Service

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• Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

  Alvin Toffler

  Sausage, Knows

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• Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to survive and grow.

  Henry Ford II

  Needs, Grows, Customers

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  A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Being Strong, Wisdom, Stay Strong

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Leadership”, p.18, David C Cook

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• People, materials, facilities, money, and time are the resources available to us for conducting our business. By applying our skills, we turn these resources into useful products and services. If we do a good job, customers pay us more for our products than the sum of our costs in producing and distributing them. This difference, our profit, represents the value we add to the resources we utilize.

  David Packard

  Jobs, Skills, Differences

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• A man's drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.

  Nachman of Breslov

  Men, Giving, Desire

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• If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

  Wilson Mizner

  Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.

  James de la Vega

  Business, Thinking, Eels

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