114 Short Quotes

Following is our list of short quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about long term.

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Famous Short Quotes

Easy short-term choices lead to difficult long-term consequences meanwhile difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences. — Rory Vaden

Build for the long term and the short term will take care of itself. — Rand Fishkin

Be brutally honest about the short term and optimistic and confident about the long term. — Reed Hastings

People don't like the idea of thinking long term. Many are desperately seeking short term answers because they have money problems to be solved today. — Robert Kiyosaki

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity. — Bruce Lee

I think long-term and on a long enough time scale. — Naval Ravikant

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

High pressure salesmen focus on the short term incentives to outweigh the long term cons. — Isaac Mashman

Invest in the long term, and don’t worry too much about the short term. — Rand Fishkin

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. — Howard Davies

Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. — James A. Baldwin

Short-term price action means nothing and should mean nothing to you. Keep your focus on long-term business growth. — Naved Abdali

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

Chasing profits and building a long-term profit model are two different things. — Lewis Howes

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution. - Russian Proverbs

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution. — Russian Proverbs

Short Short Quotes

  • Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
  • Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa
  • It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart. — Oscar Wilde
  • Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
  • I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity. — Alexander The Great
  • Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts
  • We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. — Alan Turing
  • A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. — Ruth Graham
  • The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. — Proverbs
  • Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream. — Hugh Hefner

Short Image Quotes

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. - Saadi Shirazi quote

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. - Serena Williams quote

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams

it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime! - Kenny Chesney quote

it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime! — Kenny Chesney

My arms are too short to box with God. - Johnny Cash quote

My arms are too short to box with God. — Johnny Cash

I saw a giraffe with a short neck
 That was sad
 Or a deer - Bo Burnham quote

I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer — Bo Burnham

The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face. - Donald Woods Winnicott quote

The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face. — Donald Woods Winnicott

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. - Sophia Loren quote

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. — Sophia Loren

If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you. - Dorothy Parker quote

If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you. — Dorothy Parker

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead. - Marilyn Monroe quote

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead. — Marilyn Monroe

A short skirt and lots of makeup won't impress me. - Harry Styles quote

A short skirt and lots of makeup won't impress me. — Harry Styles

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful. - Demi Lovato quote

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful. — Demi Lovato

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself. - Gene Simmons quote

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself. — Gene Simmons

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair. - Susan Polis Schutz quote

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair. — Susan Polis Schutz

Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me. - Marilyn French quote

Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me. — Marilyn French

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me. - Frank Bruno quote

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me. — Frank Bruno

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? - Rumi quote

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? — Rumi

Life is too short to waste time on things that have no lasting significance. - T. B. Joshua quote

Life is too short to waste time on things that have no lasting significance. — T. B. Joshua

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. - Joseph Joubert quote

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. — Joseph Joubert

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. - Agnes Sligh Turnbull quote

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. — Agnes Sligh Turnbull

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. - Dean Smith quote

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. — Dean Smith

Short quote Long term consistency trumps short term intensity.
Long term consistency trumps short term intensity.

Short-term Pain Long-term Gain Quotes

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

Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain. — Margaret Atwood

Cutting government spending and government intrusion in the economy will almost surely involve immediate gain for the many, short-term pain for the few, and long-term gain for all. — Milton Friedman

Short quote Life is short. Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved.
Life is short. Spend it with people who make you laugh and feel loved.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain. — George Will

Long Term Quotes

If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others? — Barack Obama

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies. — George F. Kennan

Based on the foregoing analysis, the real advantage of bitcoin lies in it being a reliable long-term store of value, and a sovereign form of money that allows individuals to conduct permissionless transactions. — Saifedean Ammous

Short quote Life is too short to silence your personality.
Life is too short to silence your personality.

Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day. Happiness must be built, and this requires time and effort. In the long term, happiness and unhappiness are therefore a way of being, or a life skill. — Matthieu Ricard

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. — Joshua L. Liebman

We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world. — Balaji Srinivasan

Short quote Anger is only one letter short of danger.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Only the passage of time will we know what long term damage may occur to these children. These vaccines can damage your children. They may damage their brains, their heart, their immune system, and their ability to have children in the future. — Robert W. Malone

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? — Nicholas Sparks

Punishment only gets short term obedience. Praise gets long term loyalty. — Alex Hormozi

Cleaners don’t care about instant gratification. The invest in the long-term payoff. — Tim Grover

Short Term Goals Quotes

Most people know exactly what they need to do to reach their goals, but they’re not willing to make the short-term sacrifice for long-term achievement. — Alex Hormozi

We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles — Jim Rohn

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results. — Seth Godin

Short quote Life is very short. If people aren't decent, kind, accountable, responsible, or responsive, man up a
Life is very short. If people aren't decent, kind, accountable, responsible, or responsive, man up and get rid of them.

It's one of my short-term goals, to be able to actually record music and release it simultaneously and not just hold on to it. — Joe Budden

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. — Chip Kelly

Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success. — Mac Anderson

Short quote Life is short. To just "Do things" is insane. Live with a purpose. Live for a reason.
Life is short. To just "Do things" is insane. Live with a purpose. Live for a reason.

Our goal is long-term growth in revenue and absolute profit - so we invest aggressively in future innovation while tightly managing our short-term costs. — Larry Page

Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal. — Curtis Martin

There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated. — Dara Torres

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder. — Richard Benyo

Long Term Goals Quotes

The more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals. — James Clear

Shouldn't the long-term goal of any society be complete unemployment? — Doug Stanhope

Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it. — Nastia Liukin

Short quote No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Our goal in Liverpool is to create the kind of stability that the Red Sox enjoy. We are committed to building for the long term. — John W. Henry

They call it perfect timing after years of long-term patience. — Steven Bartlett

Every goal that you will ever pursue will require a plan of action. Whether you are pursuing your life’s destiny or striving to obtain a particular goal, you must be able to see things as you desire them to be. — T. D. Jakes

Short quote Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.

I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal. — Rudolf Rocker

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine — Rick Pitino

Evolution is an obstacle course not a freeway; the correct analogue for long-term success is a distant punt receiver evading legions of would-be tacklers in an oddly zigzagged path toward a goal, not a horse thundering down the flat. — Stephen Jay Gould

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. — Bill Capodagli

Short Term Memory Quotes

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence. - Greg Maddux

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence. — Greg Maddux

There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third. — Timothy Leary

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever. — Will Self

Short quote Life is too short to stress yourself with people who don't even deserve to be an issue in your life.
Life is too short to stress yourself with people who don't even deserve to be an issue in your life.

I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility. — Paula Poundstone

Fifteen years ago tomorrow I had open heart surgery, a quintuple bypass surgery. Thanks to all of my doctors. Because of them, in 15 years of life I've been able to experience, well, acid reflux, short-term memory loss, and erectile dysfunction. Thanks for all your work. It's great to be alive. — David Letterman

Whether youre a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or youre a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, youve got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play. — Steve Mariucci

Short quote If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely. — John Medina

I have short-term memory loss, though I'd like to think of it as Persidential eligibility. — Paula Poundstone

I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. — Pat Bowlen

The sole virtue of losing your short-term memory is that it does free you to be your own editor. — Norman Mailer

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More Short Quotes

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. - Geoffrey Chaucer quote

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. — Geoffrey Chaucer

I loved you yesterday. I love you still. I always have and I always will. - Tim Walters quote

I loved you yesterday. I love you still. I always have and I always will. — Tim Walters

With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. - Maltbie Davenport Babcock quote

With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. - John Henry Newman quote

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. — John Henry Newman

Don't waste your time, it is too short, Valuable and irreplaceable. - Mike Murdock quote

Don't waste your time, it is too short, Valuable and irreplaceable. — Mike Murdock

Life is too short to remain unnoticed - Salvador Dali quote

Life is too short to remain unnoticed — Salvador Dali

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it. - Edgar Allan Poe quote

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it. — Edgar Allan Poe

If you think you can't, you're right. - Carol Bartz quote

If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. - Sheryl Sandberg quote

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg

I stare out the window and wait for spring. - Rogers Hornsby quote

I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. - Johann Kaspar Lavater quote

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too. - Guy Fieri quote

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too. — Guy Fieri

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. - Phillips Brooks quote

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. — Phillips Brooks

Live your life to the fullest. - Shakira quote

Live your life to the fullest. — Shakira

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? - Friedrich Nietzsche quote

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Life is too short to be serious - Cory Monteith quote

Life is too short to be serious — Cory Monteith

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. - Euripides quote

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. — Euripides

it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. - Ernest Hemingway quote

it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. — Ernest Hemingway

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. - Mark Twain quote

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. — Mark Twain

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. - Leo Tolstoy quote

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy

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