Sayings about Interests
People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures. ~ French Proverb
Lend to God and the earth — they both pay good interest. ~ Swedish Proverbs
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God. ~ German Proverbs
He is a fool who does not consider his own interests. ~ Maltese Proverbs
Beware of him who gives you advice according to his own interests. ~ Hebrew Proverb
A good deed bears interest. ~ Estonian Proverb
There is no disinterested gift. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Quotations about Interests
There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
No man will work for your interests unless they are his. ~ David Seabury
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. ~ Walter Benjamin
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. ~ Dean William R. Inge
No one grows old by living, only by losing interest in living. ~ Marie Beynon Ray
Giving pays the highest interest rate and has the longest term of any investment available. ~ Jeffrey K Filson
My interest lies in my self-expression — what’s inside of me — not what I’m in. ~ John Turturro
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. ~ George Washington
Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ~ Katharine Hepburn
By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry. ~ Jack Dempsey
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. ~ George Santayana
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us. ~ Francis H. Bradley
We talk on principle, but we act on interest. ~ Walter Savage Landor
We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end. ~ Woodrow T. Wilson
The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value. ~ Irving Fisher
The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas. ~ John Kane
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. ~ Edmund Burke
Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Men may be linked in friendship. Nations are linked only by interests. ~ Rolf Hochhuth
I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest. ~ Larry Speakes
Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests. ~ George M. Adams
I don’t believe in principle, but I do in interest. ~ James Russell Lowell
To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. ~ Frank Gelett Burgess
A man’s interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. ~ George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life. ~ William Lyon Phelps
Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent. ~ Antoine Rivarol
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. ~ Bertrand Russell
We all lose our looks eventually, better develop your character and interest in life. ~ Jacqueline Bisset
True friends… face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals. ~ C.S. Lewis
Live and work to make a difference, to make things better, even the smallest things. Give full consideration to the rights and interests of others. No business is successful, even if it flourishes, in a society that does not care for or about its people. ~ Eugene C. Dorsey
You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest. ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality — the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. ~ Arthur Christopher Benson
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. ~ John Stuart Mill
Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others. ~ Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus
Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Have a variety of interests…. These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest. ~ George Matthew Allen
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. ~ Francis Beaumont
Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. ~ Doris Lessing
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into it — every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have. ~ John D. Rockefeller
In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake. ~ Aristotle Quotes
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours. ~ Jean De La Bruyere
Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest. ~ Irwin Cory
The happiest people I know are those who have learned to live beyond their own special interests by discovering the rewards that come from giving of themselves. ~ Winfield C. Dunn
Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him. ~ Pearl S. Buck
It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests. ~ Ivy Compton-Burnett
The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.~ Albert Einstein
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ~ William Morris