60 Quotes on the Importance of Thinking Long-term (SUCCESS)

Top 10 Wisest Quotes on Long-term Thinking

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

A lie can only make a temporary sense. The truth is permanent and lasts forever. ― Michael Bassey Johnson — A lie can only make a temporary sense. The **truth** is permanent and lasts forever. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

Life is too short for long-term grudges. - Elon Musk — **Life** is too short for long-term grudges. – **Elon Musk**

If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. — Steve Jobs — If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. — **Steve Jobs**

Always ask yourself what will make you happy over the long term. ― Steven Redhead — Always ask yourself what will make you **happy** over the long term. ― Steven Redhead

I believe it's less risky long-term to embrace change. - Charlie Ergen — I **believe** it’s less **risky** long-term to embrace **change**. – Charlie Ergen

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett — Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. – **Warren Buffett**

We don’t mature momentarily, but over the long-term. - John C. Maxwell — We don’t mature momentarily, but over the long-term. – **John C. Maxwell**

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential. - Mike Dooley — The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential. – Mike Dooley

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

11 Inspiring Quotes on Long-term Success

“Genuine confidence is a way of thinking about yourself and your abilities. Confidence is your perception of your own potential; it’s a kind of long-term thinking that powers you through the obstacles and tough times, helping you solve problems and putting you in the way of success. Your confidence is quite a separate matter from your social skills.”
John Eliot

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill — **Success** is the ability to go from **failure** to failure without losing your enthusiasm. — **Winston Churchill**

You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice. - Daniel Snyder — You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice. – Daniel Snyder

It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success. — Mark Cuban — It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success. — **Mark Cuban**

If you never fail short term, you'll never succeed long term. - Drasen — If you never fail short term, you’ll never succeed long term. – Drasen

Anything that works well or has long-term success is never done quickly. - Reem Acra — Anything that works well or has long-term success is never done quickly. – Reem Acra

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way. - Jim Rohn — Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, **faith**, **discipline**, **attitude** and a few stepping stones along the way. – **Jim Rohn**

If you are not actively seeking and creating opportunities, which always contain an element of risk, you are actually exposing yourself to more serious risks in the long term. - Tony Buzan — If you are not actively seeking and creating **opportunities**, which always contain an element of risk, you are actually exposing yourself to more serious risks in the long term. – Tony Buzan

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. — Herman Cain — **Success** is not the key to **happiness**. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. — Herman Cain

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term. - Jim Yong Kim — Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term. – Jim Yong Kim

3 Motivational Long-term Leadership Quotes

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

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. - Robert Reich — A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. – Robert Reich

You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is. - Jack Welch — You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is. – **Jack Welch**

7 Quotes on Short-term & Long-term Thinking

“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.”
Dalai Lama

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

Ignoring the facts for short-term gain will almost always bring long-term pain. ― Eldon Henson

“People always say be true to yourself. But that’s misleading, because there are two selves. There’s your short term self, and there’s your long term self. And if you’re only true to your short term self, your long term self slowly decays.”
Brandon Stanton

You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term. - Adam Smith — You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term. – Adam Smith

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism. - Adrienne Rich — It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term **optimism**. – Adrienne Rich

People are willing to get short-term gains at the risk of long-term choices. - Rick Rubin — People are willing to get short-term gains at the risk of long-term choices. – Rick Rubin

10 Quotes About Long-term Thinking in Investing

“Our favorite holding period is forever. We are just the opposite of those who hurry to sell and book profits when companies perform well but who tenaciously hang on to businesses that disappoint. Peter Lynch aptly likens such behavior to cutting the flowers and watering the weeds.”
Warren Buffett

Life has immense analogy with stock market. It is volatile, but if you stick on long enough, it has the potential to reward you with handsome returns in the long run. ― Manoj Arora

It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent. - Charlie Munger — It’s remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent. – **Charlie Munger**

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor. - John C. Bogle — The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with **success**, you must be a long-term investor. – **John C. Bogle**

Everybody is a long-term investor till the market drops by 10% or more. - Olawale Daniel — Everybody is a long-term investor till the market drops by 10% or more. – Olawale Daniel

“We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations in mind with every decision we make.”
Deb Haaland

Investment is all about building wealth with a reasonable rate-of-return. Play this game for a long haul. ― Naved Abdali — **Investment** is all about building **wealth** with a reasonable rate-of-return. Play this game for a long haul. ― **Naved Abdali**

Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future. - London Breed — Our **wisest** long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future. – London Breed

Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy. - Jason Fried — Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term **business** planning is a fantasy. – Jason Fried

“We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that’s large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can’t solve.”
Naveen Jain

3 Quotes on Long-term Crypto Investing

In cryptocurrency investment, long term thinkers are less stressed. ― Olawale Daniel

Bitcoin is not a trade, it is the exit from the traditional trade. Think long-term! ― Olawale Daniel — **Bitcoin** is not a trade, it is the exit from the traditional trade. Think long-term! ― Olawale Daniel

I saw Bitcoin as an actual market opportunity: as a trillion-dollar marketplace with long-term potential. - Adam Draper — I saw Bitcoin as an actual market **opportunity**: as a trillion-dollar marketplace with long-term potential. – Adam Draper

6 Long-term Relationships Quotes

“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn’t just a director. He’s potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have.”
Kevin Hart