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 Author, Speaker, Pastor
When profit is unshared, it’s less likely to grow greater.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
And gain is gain, however small.
—Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet
Small profits are good if they come often.
—French Proverb
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss.
—Indian Proverb
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
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
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth.
—Warren Buffett (b.1930) American Investor
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
—Pliny the Elder (23–79CE) Roman Statesman, Scholar
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
—John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English Economist
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
—George Meredith (1828–1909) British Novelist, Poet, Critic
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
It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears.
—Lope de Vega (1562–1635) Spanish Playwright, Poet, Writer
Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.
—Hubert Humphrey (1911–78) American Head of State, Politician
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby.
—Japanese Proverb
Profit is the brother of loss.
—Turkish Proverb
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
Cut your losses and let your profits run.
—U.S. Proverb
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
—John Churton Collins (1848–1908) British Literary Critic, Writer
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
If there is any profit in partnership, two will share a woman.
—African Proverb
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
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
—Robert Quillen (1887–1948) American Journalist, Humorist
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
—Latin Proverb
When there are two in a lawsuit only a third will profit from it.
—Chinese Proverb
Whenever there is profit to be made then think of honesty.
—Chinese Proverb
Higher prices are themselves inflation and not merely the result of it. They are accelerated and not stopped by taxation…. It isn’t high prices that persuade the high cost and marginal producer to make the investment necessary to bring him into production. It is the promise of profit. High prices without profit merely requires more investment to support turnover and inventory.
—Bernard M. Baruch (1870–1965) American Financier, Economic Consultant
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English Political Philosopher
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