Cost Quotes

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
Meister Eckhart

Far, Making, Mistake

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford

Money, Selfish, Others

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
Stephen Harper

Religion, God, Fairness

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
Donald Rumsfeld

Off, Goodness, Internet

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Chauncey Depew

Fear, Mind, Important

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe

True, Others, Whatever

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
Heraclitus

Heart, Hard, Soul

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
Thomas Fuller

Nothing, Pay, Dear

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
Flip Wilson

Down, Living, Chance

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.
Andy Stern

Best, Government, Job

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.
Robert Green Ingersoll

God, Made, Poor

If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.
Michel Foucault

Age, Power, Knowledge

Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert

Good, Words, Worth

I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.
Andrew Jackson

Life, May, Soul

I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.
Richard Russo

Nature, Why, Paid

Joy, has no cost.
Marianne Williamson

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
E. O. Wilson

America, Living, Wonderful

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
Merle Shain

Life, Love, Fear

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
Franklin P. Adams

Good, Country, Trouble

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.
Vladimir Lenin

Government, Death, Same

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.
Rod Blagojevich

Business, Today, Successful

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
James Thurber

Humor, Greatest, Serious

But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
Lily Tomlin

Money, Reason, Lives

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.
Terry Pratchett

Life, Society, Philosophy

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
W. E. B. Du Bois

Liberty, Less, Price

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?
James Hillman

Him, Same, Poor

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.
Michelle Obama

Time, Money, Parents

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
Donald Rumsfeld

Leadership, Money, Effective

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
Saint Ignatius

Give, Teach, Count

I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.
Alanis Morissette

Power, Society, Someone

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