Counting The Cost Quotes Page 2

The engineer who counts cost as nothing as compared to the result, who holds himself above the consideration of dollars and cents, has missed his vocation.

Witches, wolves, and moral friend There is horror that does not end War is waged and battles fought But have you stopped to count the cost? We are the ones backed by right We must strike with bold and might The cursed ones blamless be Warm them of the Hunters you see

A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life.

1. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold. 6. We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. 9. Take things always by their smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

Teach us to give and not count the cost.

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.

When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow -- to the end at all costs.

In the long run all love is paid by love, Though undervalued by the hosts of earth; The great eternal Government above Keeps strict account and will redeem its worth. Give thy love freely; do not count the cost; So beautiful a thing was never lostIn the long run.

The true reformer does not want time, nor money, nor coöperation, nor advice.

What is time but the stuff delay is made of? And depend upon it, our virtue will not live on the interest of our money. He expects no income, but outgoes; so soon as we begin to count the cost, the cost begins. And as for advice, the information floating in the atmosphere of society is as evanescent and unserviceable to him as gossamer for clubs of Hercules.

You want to track Hollywood careers, look in the real estate section.

You see a guy buy a house that costs $6 million, and you can literally start counting the days until he starts doing crappy movies.

Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders.

To the patriots I say this: Take that long eternal look.

Stand up for freedom, no matter what the cost. Stand up and be counted. It can help to save your soul-and maybe your country.

Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.

Oh sharp diamond, my mother! I could not count the cost of all your faces, your moods that present that I lost. Sweet girl, my deathbed, my jewel-fingered lady...

It isn't the initial cost of a lie, it is the upkeep which counts so terribly.

Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.

Give thy love freely, do not count the cost: So beautiful a thing was never lost.

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost.

It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Give humanity hope and it will dare and suffer joyfully, not counting the cost - hope with laughter on her banner and on her face the fresh beauty of morning.

He that counts all cost will never put plough in the earth.

For years I have made it my mission to destroy the influence of the Christian clich, 'the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God.' God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life.

A well-worn adage advises those who set out upon a great enterprise to count the cost, yet some of the greatest enterprises have succeeded because the people who undertook them did not count the cost.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.

You can count the dead, but you can't count the cost. We've got no math for Heaven.

This grieved me heartily ; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.

We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others.

It is only when the cost is counted in human lives that people really take notice.

Friends don't count the cost of favors.