Return Quotes
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The first thing we see about a short story is its mystery. And in the best short stories, we return at the last to see mystery again
Eudora Welty
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Every day, do something selfless for someone else that takes under five minutes. The essence of this thing you do should be that it makes a big difference to the person receiving the gift. Usually these favors take the form of an introduction, reference, feedback, or broadcast on social media. Do something that's not for yourself, every single day. Expect nothing in return. Over time, these random acts of kindness will really add up.
Adam Rifkin
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
Simone de Beauvoir
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My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.
Catherine Helen Spence
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Insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before.
Hilary Mantel
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Lusts are like agues; the fit is not always on, and yet the man is not rid of his disease; and some men's lusts, like some agues, have not such quick returns as others.
Herbert Spencer
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Friendship, harmony, and leadership - pushin' people, just givin' people that push, like I would expect them to do for me, they'd do the same for me in return.
Raphael Saadiq
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How happily, how happily, the flowers die away! / Oh! Could we but return to earth as easily as they.
Caroline Anne Southey
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Everything you are seeking is seeking you in return. Therefore, everything you want is already yours. So, you don't have to get anything. It is simply a matter of becoming more aware of what you already possess.
Bob Proctor
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We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term... And we've identified non-core assets we have shed.
Michael Corbat
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We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing.
Simon Sinek
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In his view love ended only when it was possible to return to oneself without fear or disgust.
Elena Ferrante
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I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.
Sandra Bullock
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The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough.
Thomas Sowell
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A year shall I endure for every day that passes until your return.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.
Shawn Achor
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Some investments do have higher expected returns than others. Which ones? Well, by and large they're the ones that will do the worst in bad times.
William Forsyth Sharpe
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I've always gotten myself overly involved in supporting other women who've not always been as supportive in return.
Sandra Bernhard
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He travels best that knows when to return.
Thomas More
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I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.
Stewart Udall