Sayings about Profits and Losses
Profit is the brother of loss. ~ Turkish Proverbs
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby. ~ Japanese Proverbs
It is difficult to scare people who think they will profit from dying. ~ German Proverb
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit. ~ Nigerien Proverb
Better make profit out of manure than losses with musk. ~ Arabian Proverb
If there is any profit in partnership, two will share a woman. ~ Tunisian Proverbs
Stealing may bring profit, but hanging costs far more. ~ Cambodian Proverb
There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss. ~ Indian Proverbs
Moderate profits fill the purse. ~ Italian Proverbs
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Cut your losses and let your profits run. ~ American Proverbs
Small profits are good if they come often. ~ French Proverb
When there are two in a lawsuit only a third will profit from it. ~ Chinese Proverb
There is never trust without loss. ~ Basque Proverb
When the tiger kills, the jackal profits. ~ Afghan Proverb
Whenever there is profit to be made then think of honesty. ~ Chinese Proverb
When a dead tree falls, the woodpeckers profit from his death. ~ Malawian Proverb
The fish sees the bait not the hook; a man sees not the danger — only the profit. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
Biggest profits mean gravest risks. ~ Chinese Proverb
Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom. ~ German Proverbs
Loaning money causes loss of memory. ~ French Proverb
Adversity and loss make a man wise. ~ Welsh Proverbs
A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor. ~ Traditional Proverb
What has been lost is safe. ~ Latin Proverbs
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Caution minimizes loss. ~ Filipino Proverbs
Quotations about Profits and Losses
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure. ~ Thomas Hardy
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth. ~ Warren Buffett
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all. ~ Syrus (Publilius Syrus)
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. ~ Arthur Miller
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? ~ Jesus Christ
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. ~ Thomas Hobbes
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think. ~ Lope de Vega
When profit is unshared it’s less likely to grow greater. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
A person is born with a liking for profit. ~ Xun Zi
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. ~ Elizabeth Bishop
There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits. ~ David Ricardo
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same size. ~ Mark Twain
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. ~ William Shakespeare
No man can lose what he never had. ~ Izaak Walton
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. ~ John Milton
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it’s profitable.~ James Rouse
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. ~ Robert Frost
For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. ~ Tony Abbott
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. ~ Sophocles
No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced. ~ Hitopadesa
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss. ~ Pat Riley
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one’s self. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit. ~ Morgan Freeman
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. ~ George Orwell
Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper. ~Kazuo Inamori
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them. ~ W. Edwards Deming
To win you have to risk loss. ~ Jean-Claude Killy
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ~ Winston Churchill
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. ~ Al Gore
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? ~ Robert Fulghum
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. ~ Henry Ford
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. ~ Dale Carnegie
There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by. ~ George Meredith
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. ~ John Steinbeck
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. ~ Plutarch
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. ~ Pliny the Elder
Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. ~ Chilon
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it. ~ Honore de Balzac
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. ~ Harper Lee
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
Poets wish to profit or to please. ~ Horace
Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time. ~ Snoop Dogg
Profitability doesn’t happen when you’re walking on bullshit. ~ Jerry Martin
Nobody ever lost money taking a profit. ~ Bernard Baruch
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit. ~ Josh Billings
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. ~ Wilson Mizner
One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must. ~ B. Carroll Reece
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses. ~ Shirley Chisholm
If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It’s a process of innovation. ~ Jerry Greenfield
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
Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don’t merely dream – but create! ~ Robert Collier
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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
Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart. ~ Scott Adams
Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat. ~ Hubert H. Humphrey
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit. ~ Samuel Gompers
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit. ~ John Maynard Keynes
If you count all your assets you always show a profit. ~ Wilson Mizner
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe? ~ Maurice Mascaranhas