Quotes with profit-seeking

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  • Alexis de Tocqueville However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Jesse Owens I always loved running - it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
    Jesse Owens
    American athlete (1913 - 1980)
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  • Havelock Ellis I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger I am a non Zionist because the Jew, in seeking a homeland of his own, seems to me to be giving up something of infinitely greater value of the world.
    Arthur Hays Sulzberger
    American newspaper publisher (1891 - 1968)
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  • Emily Brontë I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli I believe in capitalism. I need to make a profit, but I would like to do it with ethics, dignity, morals. It's my dream.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Augustus William Hare I have ever gained the most profit, and the most pleasure also, from the books which have made me think the most: and, when the difficulties have once been overcome, these are the books which have stuck the deepest root, not only in my memory and understanding, but likewise in my affections.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • A. R. Ammons I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
    Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996)
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Anne Baxter Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
    Anne Baxter
    American actress (1923 - 1985)
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  • Aeschylus If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Robert Townsend If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?
    Robert Townsend
    American businessman
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  • Ramana Maharshi If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
    Ramana Maharshi
    Indian Hindu mystic and guru (1879 - 1950)
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  • Arthur Keith In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Carlos Ghosn In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Thomas Hobbes In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Angela Davis In this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity - a commodity that those with means are able to afford, but that is too often entirely beyond the reach of others.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Bhagat Singh L. Ram Saran Das was a member of the revolutionary party which was held responsible for many a violent deed. But this by no means proves that revolutionaries are bloodthirsty monsters, seeking pleasure in destruction.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Henry Miller Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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