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Long term thinking Quotes

"You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results."

"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"

"The more we take, the less there is for future generations"

"In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest"

"You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long time"

"In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood."

"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow"

"Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?"

"Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year"

"Tough-minded optimism always sees the sprint in the marathon."