Quotes Tagged "income"

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

For there to be harmony and peace, everything must be balanced. And for there to be balance, there must be equality. And where there is equality, there will be justice. And where justice is honored and preserved, there will always be truth. Eliminate the concept of division by class, skills, race, income, and nationality. We are all equals with a common pulse to survive. Every human requires food and water. Every human has a dream and desire to be happy. Every human responds to love, suffering and pain. Every human bleeds the same color and occupies the same world. Let us recognize that we are all part of each other. We are all human. We are all one.

We need to eliminate the concept of division by class, skills, race, income, religion, and nationality. Every human requires food and water to survive and every human has a heart that bleeds, loves, and grieves.

When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work – the most you will make is 5 dollars.

The goal of retirement is to live off your assets-not on them

You are not getting because you are not giving. For example, you can get sales orders only after you give attention, admiration or information first.

Successful people bring about new things. Unsuccessful people move around things which were already created by those who can observe – those who can create something from nothing.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays.

Wealth and income without lifestyle is a waste of wealth and income. Better to be poor with a life than rich with none.

Ignorance leads to low income.

The combined effects of growing inequality, a faltering education system, demographic headwinds, and the strong likelihood of a fiscal correction imply that the real median disposable income will grow much more slowly in the future than in the past.

I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue.

In 2008, Goldman Sachs only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion and received an almost $800 billion from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Department.

Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits.

If Republicans are correct that lower rates spur economic growth, then lower rates on all income - made possible in part by raising capital-gains rates - should bolster economic growth across the economy.

Income splitting is not a wise investment for Canadians.

The expenses of complying with Washington's torrent of mandates and regulatory overreach are costing American workers jobs and income growth.

On average, an underserved consumer spends 10% of their disposable income on unnecessary fees and interest rates.

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.