Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.
—Hubert Humphrey (1911–78) American Head of State, Politician
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English Political Philosopher
No profit grows where is no pleasure taken; in brief, sir, study what you most affect.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you can enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
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 (b.1947) American Christian Professional Speaker, Author, Clergyman
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) French Historian, Political Scientist
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby.
—Japanese Proverb
I respect not his labors, his farm where everything has its price, who would carry the landscape, who would carry his God, to market, if he could get anything for him; who goes to market for his god as it is; on whose farm nothing grows free, whose fields bear no crops, whose meadows no flowers, whose trees no fruits, but dollars.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Cut your losses and let your profits run.
—U.S. Proverb
It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Whenever there is profit to be made then think of honesty.
—Chinese Proverb
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
—W. Edwards Deming (1900–93) American Engineer, Statistician
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
—Robert Quillen (1887–1948) American Journalist, Humorist
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.
—Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) English Elizabethan Dramatist
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
—John Churton Collins (1848–1908) English Literary Critic
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.
—Lope de Vega (1562–1635) Spanish Playwright, Poet
When shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess, and that without it, all rights would soon disappear.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Biggest profits mean gravest risks.
—Chinese Proverb
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
—George Meredith (1828–1909) British Novelist, Poet, Critic
Moderate profits fill the purse.
—Italian Proverb
What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss.
—Indian Proverb
Poets wish to profit or to please.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
If there is any profit in partnership, two will share a woman.
—African Proverb
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth.
—Warren Buffett (b.1930) American Investor