Top 1200 Second Term Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.

We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties.

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

Short term political calculations of the past must give way to long-term investments for the future.

Too many investors overvalue companies in the near term while undervaluing them in the long term.

I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care of on a daily basis. We're into short-term goals more than long-term goals.

I'm really happy here at City. It's a second home to me, so it was an easy decision to stay for the long term. I knew from the beginning when I started here that I wanted to stay for a long time - I can't see any place better than here.

As a responsible consumer brand, we have not just built for the short term, but build for longer-term relationships.

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

Choosing to avoid uncomfortable feelings offers immediate short-term relief, but avoidance can lead to long-term consequences.

Young people, under the social contract, suggest a long term investment. What we have today is a government that believes that young people - since they are a long term investment - are a liability. This is system that only believes in short-term investments.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

"The War on Consciousness" is really all physical manifestations and all those problems are ultimately just a war on your way of thinking. Especially now, when we're involved in the war on terror. Terror is a psychological term. Terrorism is a political term. Terrorist is a sociopolitical term. But terror is a psychological thing.

Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.

Whoever is sitting in the White House, especially in their second term, when gas goes up to $3 a gallon, and Katrina, and whenever we're at war, that person sitting in the White House gets the brunt of the accusations.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.

At the age of 46, in my sixth prison term, it was the second prison I was in - California Rehabilitation Center. The California Civil Education program kind of opened up all of the experiences that that I had dealt with in my life, that I had experienced.

Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.

Recognize that millennials' personal long-term goals may have nothing to do with their organizations' long-term goals. Discover and facilitate their long-term goals, and they will be more inclined to help their organizations achieve success.

If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it.

The government can indefinitely control both short-term and long-term interest rates.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

A job is a short term solution to a long term problem

Snake eyes is a gambling term, and an animal term, too.

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

The term 'doctor' has been so abused lately! I didn't live in a hospital for 10 years so that term could be bastardized.

Delegation requires the willingness to pay for short term failures in order to gain long term competency.

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

Yeah, it's just a lame term. I wish it was "movie star." That's a much better term than celebrity.

Short-term and long-term results typically lead to different result, which are often the opposite.

Whatever long-term advantages are claimed for Brexit it is overwhelmingly clear that in the short to medium term it carries risks to our economy and security.

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.

In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations.

It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.

The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can trade and manage risk.

I think long-term, not short-term.

By purchasing and holding large amounts of Treasury securities and MBS, we put additional downward pressure on term premiums and so on long-term rates.

The special-counsel regulations were drafted at a unique historical moment. We were approaching the end of President Bill Clinton's second term, and no one knew who would be elected president the next year.

Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term.

There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

When Dad made a decision, whether it was about family or his own career, the majority of the time, it was for the long term, not the short term.

What is a Fuhrungsspieler? I don't like the term. For me there is not a clear definition of the term.

I don't accept as an article of faith that lots of short-term stimulus boosts the economy and gets us back on the long-term trajectory.

It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.

'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

Quid pro quo has an interesting history. It's originally a contract law term, not a criminal bribery term.

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.

Encyclopedia is a Latin term. It means "to paraphrase a term paper."

Football is like hunting. One second can change it all, but it's not just any second, it's a flash. The prey is there and suddenly then it's not. In an instant it's over - you won't have the chance again. You need to know which one precise second to train for, and to understand that moment.

It's always important for a coach to decide on the short term and long term - one factor doesn't block out the other.

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.