Quotes about Assets

If you count all your assets you always show a profit. Votes: 4

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. Votes: 4

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. Votes: 4

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets. Votes: 4

A women's greatest asset is her beauty. Votes: 3

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Votes: 3

Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. Votes: 3

I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset. Votes: 3

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time. Votes: 3

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset. Votes: 3

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher. Votes: 3

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant. Votes: 3

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. Votes: 3

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. Votes: 3

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket. Votes: 3

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had Votes: 3

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. Votes: 3

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather. Votes: 3

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather." Votes: 3

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets. Votes: 3

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. Votes: 3

People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. Votes: 3

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset. Votes: 3

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. Votes: 3

In the biggest companies, seek out the most useless positions: those in consultancy, appraisal, research, and study. The more useless your position, the less possible it will be to assess your 'contribution to the firm's assets. Votes: 3

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. Votes: 3

Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission. Votes: 3

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. Votes: 3

Icelandic people are inbred. And they have a sense of themselves as genetically special, and a history of risk-taking because they make their living on the high seas fishing. Assets generally rose in value during this period, and so it looked like they actually knew what they were doing. Votes: 3

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. Votes: 1

Commercialization of assets off the planet would mutually reinforce the growth of interplanetary communication. Votes: 1

Every company's greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company. Votes: 1

Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses. Votes: 1

One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value. Votes: 1

We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts. Votes: 1

EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it. Votes: 1

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'. Votes: 1

On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets. Votes: 1

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets. Votes: 1

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America. Votes: 1

My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation. Votes: 1

The positive aspect of my negative view is essentially that you shouldn't own cash and government bonds, but you should be in assets like real estate or equities or precious metals or in commodities. Votes: 1

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company. Votes: 1

There is no law saying you have to die before your assets can be passed to loved ones. In fact, gifting earlier can be a lovely way to witness how your money helps your family thrive. Votes: 1

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records. Votes: 1

I wish I was told to look after my teeth when I was younger. My smile is really important to me and one of my biggest assets, so I'm very conscious that I need to keep it in top condition. Votes: 1

The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control. Votes: 1

Childfree women are actually great assets to the planet. Our carbon footprint is smaller than a mom's! And we have enough money to write checks to organizations that help kids get vaccinations, vitamins, and educations yet have plenty of free time to advise your daughter that one day she will regret piercing her lip. Votes: 1

Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be reasonable, be brief. Remember that this person will no longer be your spouse, but he or she will continue to be your co-parent, family member, and perhaps business partner in certain assets or entities. Votes: 1

Groupon has some interesting assets. Votes: 0

Liabilities are just assets in hiding. Votes: 0

Self-reliance and self-learning are your greatest assets. Votes: 0

Our children are our most important assets. Votes: 0

Time is one of my most valuable assets. Votes: 0

Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly. Votes: 0

Rich don't work for money. They work for assets. Votes: 0

In the real world, illiquid assets carry a discount. Votes: 0

Leaders should leave behind them assets and a legacy. Votes: 0

I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets. Votes: 0

One of the greatest assets you have is your imagination. Votes: 0

Your will to succeed remains one of your greatest assets. Votes: 0

We have the right assets for a fast-growing digital business. Votes: 0

A woman's assets are her infectious smile and bulletproof love. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurs have two basic assets: their creativity and their relationships. Votes: 0

Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings. Votes: 0

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities. Votes: 0

Don't buy luxuries until you've built the assets to afford them Votes: 0

A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers. Votes: 0

We believe in a strong dollar ... Chinese financial assets are very safe. Votes: 0

EFR entered into an agreement to sell some noncore assets for $2.05M. Votes: 0

After all, a bank without assets is hardly a bank at all. Votes: 0

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly. Votes: 0

A good memory is one of the most precious assets of spiritual living. Votes: 0

Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets Votes: 0

Those who willfully conceal assets overseas undermine the playing field for all taxpayers. Votes: 0

The assets you want to buy are the ones people have to sell. Votes: 0

Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. Votes: 0

The best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes. Votes: 0

An enterprise's most vital assets lie in its design and other creative capabilities. Votes: 0

A well-trained, sensible doctor is one of the most valuable assets of a community. Votes: 0

Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies. Votes: 0

The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about. Votes: 0

The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets. Votes: 0

Most people are under exposed to global assets, including foreign stocks, bonds and currencies. Votes: 0

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets. Votes: 0

I don't think I have the assets to play the more traditional Bond Girl. Votes: 0

One of the greatest assets of a farm is the sheer ecstasy of life. Votes: 0

One of Lyle's best assets was also his biggest downfall--he was a big dick. Votes: 0

A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets Votes: 0

Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition. Votes: 0

Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately. Votes: 0

Get your assets working for you so that your "ass" isn't working for someone else. Votes: 0

The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets. Votes: 0

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin. Votes: 0

The ability to understand people is one of the greatest assets anyone can ever have. Votes: 0

I learned about M&A and how to value assets and work with investment bankers. Votes: 0

Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets, Votes: 0

Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman. Votes: 0

If fees consume more than 1% of your assets annually, you should probably shop for another adviser. Votes: 0

The value of assets often increases exponentially while the value of your labor only increases incrementally. Votes: 0

Your wardrobe should complement your skill set, never detract - or distract - from your assets. Votes: 0

Infrastructure sector is all about building assets for the country. It is part of nation building. Votes: 0

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest. Votes: 0

Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way. Votes: 0

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's. Votes: 0

My sensitivity level is high, but I think that's one of my assets as an actor. Votes: 0

Our trend in the privatization process and gradual withdrawal of the state from certain assets remains unchanged. Votes: 0

Overwinding happens when hedge funds destroy companies by attempting to leverage derivatives against otherwise productive long-term assets. Votes: 0

We're going to do everything we can to make sure workers are treated like assets, not costs. Votes: 0

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management. Votes: 0

It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring. Votes: 0

The essence of effective portfolio construction is the use of a large number of poorly correlated assets. Votes: 0

Becoming wealthy is like playing Monopoly.. the person who can accumulate the most assets wins the game. Votes: 0

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets. Votes: 0

Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back. Votes: 0

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills. Votes: 0

Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets. Votes: 0

San Francisco is a city with the assets of a metropolis without the disadvantages of size and industry. Votes: 0

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence. Votes: 0

You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future. Votes: 0

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets. Votes: 0

It was one thing to divide the major assets, but how was it possible to divide the heart? Votes: 0

Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets - and can be lost in a heartbeat. Votes: 0

My pipe business I created from scratch; my media assets and bank I bought from the secondary market. Votes: 0

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others. Votes: 0

People with low financial literacy standards are often unable to take their ideas and create assets out of them. Votes: 0

Building your own business is the best way to become rich. Then you can begin investing in other assets. Votes: 0

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions. Votes: 0

Negatively correlated assets tend to work in harmony in a way that people are generally not used to seeing. Votes: 0

I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners. Votes: 0

Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive. Votes: 0

More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods. Votes: 0

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity. Votes: 0

Bulgaria has been deindustrialized by interest groups who extracted state assets like oil states extract the oil in their ground. Votes: 0

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets. Votes: 0

Colorado's majestic landscapes are one of our most valuable assets, and it's important that we work to preserve these treasures. Votes: 0

I think Dodd-Frank has contributed to a concentration of banking assets in the hands of a small number of banks. Votes: 0

There is only one way to go: up. I like to find cheap assets with problems. It gives me power. Votes: 0

In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else. Votes: 0

Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports, Votes: 0

Any CEO who cannot clearly articulate the intangible assets of his brand and understand its connection to customers, is in trouble. Votes: 0

Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history. Votes: 0

Fidelity surveyed a group with at least $1 million investment assets excluding real estate and retirement. 42% of them did not FEEL wealthy. Votes: 0

Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets. Votes: 0

Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements. Votes: 0

Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood. Votes: 0

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically. Votes: 0

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit." Votes: 0

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future. Votes: 0

One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power. Votes: 0

Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning. Votes: 0

A trustee has a responsibility to guard the assets of others with a higher degree of care than he does his own. Votes: 0

But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at someone's assets, no matter how much on display they were. Votes: 0

Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets. Votes: 0

The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century, Votes: 0

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. Votes: 0

The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets. Votes: 0

Never undervalue your most precious assets. Your parents can have not one dollar in their pockets, and still be worth a billion. Votes: 0

I built a massive company, a great company, some of the greatest assets anywhere in the world, worth many, many billions of dollars. Votes: 0

Dreams are one of your greatest natural therapies, and one of your most effective assets as connectors between the interior and exterior universes. Votes: 0

Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager. Votes: 0

It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets. Votes: 0

We knew our strengths and played up our assets. But we couldn't see what made us unique enough for someone to really love us. Votes: 0

Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke. Votes: 0

Often, the more money you make the more money you spend; that's why more money doesn't make you rich - assets make you rich. Votes: 0

It's not Utopian to believe that we can create a global registry of financial assets so we know who owns what in different countries. Votes: 0

The only thing that counts in life is solid, material assets. It's no time for theories when everything is falling to pieces around us. Votes: 0

A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant? Votes: 0

Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development. Votes: 0

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life. Votes: 0

All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets. Votes: 0

It's hard to tell which assets will be toxic. The best way to ensure that only shareholders and banks feel it is have adequate capital. Votes: 0

But what those critics don't know is that these same assets that excite me in the chase often, once they are acquired, leave me bored. Votes: 0

The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to. Votes: 0

Just as the financial crisis has created toxic assets and 'zombie' financial institutions, so has it transformed conservatism into a movement of the living dead. Votes: 0

The most striking thing about Graham's discussion of how to allocate your assets between stocks and bonds is that he never mentions the word "age". Votes: 0

Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one. Votes: 0

You need to really scrub your investment portfolios, because I guarantee you, many of you are going to find them chock-full of subprime carbon assets. Votes: 0

One of my biggest assets is my ability to focus on something and go out and get it, but it's one of my biggest weaknesses too. Votes: 0

Dogs are great assets to candidates, and the feeling seems to be engendered that if a dog loves the candidate, he can't be all that bad. Votes: 0

The number of one's possible fantasies is inversely proportional to the amount of one's liquid assets. For him who has everything dreams are no longer possible. Votes: 0

Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior. Votes: 0

I certainly agree that capital is not a one-dimensional object, and that the return on capital takes very different forms for different assets or different people. Votes: 0

Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could - I'm searching for the right word - could, could die. Votes: 0

Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets. Votes: 0

When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example. Votes: 0

At the World Bank, we are already working with our clients in developing countries to improve their governance systems, collect taxes, fight corruption, and recover stolen assets. Votes: 0

Industrialization is the systemic exploitation of wasting assets. In all too many cases, the thing we call progress is merely an acceleration in the rate of that exploitation. Votes: 0

Our state's beautiful natural environment is part of why we all love and live in New Hampshire. It is also one of our state's most important economic assets. Votes: 0

When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better board' can be helpful. Votes: 0

Expensive, well-executed, and familiar ads convince the investors, as nothing in the black and white tables of assets and debits can, that the company is important and prosperous. Votes: 0

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money. Votes: 0

We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets. Votes: 0

Rs 6500 crore disclosed under compliance window of black money & foreign assets law. People fear the law that has now been created. Stringent provisions will not be diluted despite pressures. Votes: 0

You have hedge funds and people like that buying these assets to yield 15 or 20 percent, I mean, that's the buyer for these people that are trying to unload them. Votes: 0

The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949 went directly to the private stockholders of the [Federal Reserve] banks. Votes: 0

A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company that treats its people like disposable assets. Votes: 0

The assets of the Jewish National Home must be created exclusively through our own work, for only the product of the Hebrew labor can serve as the national estate. Votes: 0

Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing. Votes: 0

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people. Votes: 0

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before. Votes: 0

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well. Votes: 0

To preserve what you have, to keep your relationships alive and glowing, give generously- give of your time, you assets, your attention, your help, and your love. Give of yourself. Votes: 0

Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints. Votes: 0

State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets. Votes: 0

I think it's so important just to have confidence in your body. Everyone knows that confidence is sexy, and it's knowing your assets, your strengths, and just playing those up. Votes: 0

When I look at asset prices; real estate, bonds, equities, vintage cars"¦ I think that gold is actually one of the few assets that is relatively cheap, relatively inexpensive. Votes: 0

The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision. Votes: 0

I sell my problems. I'm a woman with problems. I've had problems since the day I was born. And I have found a way to turn my problems into assets. Votes: 0

The state has no wealth it hasn't stolen, and the state has no assets whatsoever, except those which individuals have created in the first place and the state has taken. Votes: 0

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days. Votes: 0

Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events. Votes: 0

Place 5 percent to 10 percent of your total assets in gold bullion and selected gold and silver coins. No one knows with certainty whether the coming depression will be inflationary or deflationary. Votes: 0

And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time. Votes: 0

So the fact that I'm me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent. Votes: 0

In response to the drop in wealth suffered as a consequence of the 2008 financial crisis, homeowners and firms did attempt to increase savings in financial assets by reducing expenditure on durables. Votes: 0

Russia became a juicy chunk of the Third World, with immense reserves of cheap labor, a vast treasure of natural resources, and industrial assets to be sold off at giveaway prices. Votes: 0

Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine. Votes: 0

At a time India was known as golden bird because of its huge amount of gold assets. Let's make India once again the same golden bird full of innovation and technology. Votes: 0

Whites have been the most subsidized group in the history of the United States and maybe the history of the world, while Blacks were enslaved and were the assets of Whites. Votes: 0

A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made and you want to work with someone you can trust. Votes: 0

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that. Votes: 0

[A] major source of wealth for many families is financial assets, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and private pensions. ...the wealthiest 5 percent of households held nearly two-thirds of all such assets in 2013 Votes: 0

Who owns the assets of our Nation? Increasingly, foreign interests own our assets, and we owe them money. No wonder people think our country is headed in the wrong direction. It is. Votes: 0

If you want to retire young and retire rich, it is very important that your money be like a bird dog, going out every day and bringing home more and more assets. Votes: 0

[With] closet indexing....you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you have such a system, you're being played for a sucker. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, your relationships with the people in your life will be greater assets than any material things. Take time. Be present. You'll thank yourself for it later. Votes: 0

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity? Votes: 0

The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company were its production equipment. The most valuable assets of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge, workers, and their productivity. Votes: 0

People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it. Votes: 0

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs. Votes: 0

The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability. Votes: 0

At some point, the world is going to have to bite the bullet and accept a huge downsizing in its way of life to bring the assets-to-debt ratio back in touch with reality. Votes: 0

To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks, businesses, and real estate to the rest of the world. Votes: 0

To my way of thinking, passive management of file assets is okay for screwing around with iPads, where we're mainly watching TV on Netflix or obsessive-compulsively checking the popularity of our Instagram uploads. Votes: 0

Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse. Votes: 0

An organization's success has more to do with clarity of shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to assets, expertise, operating ability or management competence, important as they may be. Votes: 0

In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically been the hard assets that they owned and controlled. Votes: 0

Character is the salesperson's stock in trade. The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. Without them, they couldn't go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment. Votes: 0

One way to make sure you don't lose assets in the future is to streamline your accounts. Consider using one bank for all your banking needs and one brokerage firm for all your investments. Votes: 0

The rich buy assets. The poor only have expenses. The middle class buys liabilities they think are assets. The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them. Votes: 0

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named. Votes: 0

I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America. Votes: 0

The U.S. Treasury has got borrowing costs like nobody else has. They can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time. Votes: 0

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet Votes: 0

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet. Votes: 0

Exploration is a quite legitimate purpose for a journey. You have the opportunity to learn the territories of the Upper and Lower Worlds and their assets, which you can employ as needed in the future. Votes: 0

One of AOL's biggest assets is its brand. For people over 30 and, due to AOL Instant Messenger, even a lot of people under 30, AOL was their first real interaction with technology in a positive way. Votes: 0

Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset Votes: 0

When does money run out of time? The countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return; when lenders desert credit markets for other alternatives such as cash or real assets. Votes: 0

I try to cultivate friendships, because they are great assets. And I tend to make them last over time. Nevertheless sometimes they end mysteriously and you don't really know for what reason. Just like loves.= Votes: 0

No one would look just at a firm's revenues to assess how well it was doing. Far more relevant is the balance sheet, which shows assets and liability. That is also true for a country. Votes: 0

I built an unbelievable company. Some of the greatest assets anywhere in the world, real estate assets anywhere in the world, beyond the United States, in Europe, lots of different places. It's an unbelievable company. Votes: 0

I buy things that are good properties that I'm going to have forever. I just don't have any intention to sell anything. I believe you acquire good assets and you keep them and operate them. Votes: 0