Top 402 Costly Quotes & Sayings

For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly.

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.

There is nothing so costly as ignorance.

Fusion has not been proven to be safe, and it is too costly.

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

Law Number XXIV: The only thing more costly than stretching the schedule of an established project is accelerating it, which is itself the most costly action known to man.

It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.

Display is as false as it is costly.

What's worse - loneliness or a relationship that inevitably leads to costly therapy sessions?

Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind.

Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.

In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one of their most formidable and expensive tasks. Ships have always been large, costly and complicated, and warships much more complicated and costly than any others. Scholars are nowadays inclined to emphasize the power, wealth and sophistication of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and there is not more striking illustration of this than the advanced and elaborate administrative structures of the early English navy.

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

Love is very powerful, but it has limits and it's a costly mistake to spread it too thin.

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.

For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating

No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Litigation is notoriously time-consuming, inefficient, costly and unpredictable.

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

Everything good is costly, and the development of personality is one of the most costly of all things. It is a matter of saying yes to oneself, of taking oneself as the most serious of tasks, of being conscious of everything one does, and keeping it constantly before one's eyes in all its dubious aspects.

Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty. (10)

Most people may not think about it, but the aftermath of war is very costly. Costly not just in lives, but the treatment. Because of the efficiency of our transportation system, the efficiency of our medical technicians, people are surviving.

Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.

Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.

Come, agree, the law's costly.

You learn in the pros that errors can be costly.

[Health-care system] is largely privatized and unregulated. So of course it's highly inefficient and costly.

Rescue is costly, but LOVE pays the price.

The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.

Drastic action can be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction.

An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.

Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills.

Investing in our people is going to be costly and scarce - we need to start doing that!

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.

Huge institutions producing costly services dominate the horizons of our inventiveness.

I didn't get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a democratic compromise

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth

The vote has been costly. Prize it...understand what it means and what it can do for your country.

Promotions are a costly affair and most producers shy away from budgeting for that purpose.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Transparency at the MSRB is dubious with data downloads too costly for all but the Vanguards of the world.

The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions.

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

It could be very costly if you don't have a clear mind during a tournament.

The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?

The most costly disease is boredom costly for both individual and society.

There is nothing so costly as bargains.

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.

Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.