Home / Quotes / Quote by Adam Smith

Quote by Adam Smith

“Every time you make a choice you’re taking time and effort away from something or someone else. Every choice has a cost.”

Quote by Adam Smith

Author

Adam Smith

Adam Smith, a renowned philosopher and economist from Britain, was born on June 5, 1723, and died on July 17, 1790. Known as the father of modern economics, his work 'The Wealth of Nations' had a profound impact on the development of economics. more

“Be savagely thankful, and continuously in awe of the power you possess. You are alive. Inside of an endless cosmos with the freedom that shines brightest in the dark.. Choices. Your choices belong to you so intimately, that they will never leave you. They, unlike the changing nature of love, where the failing machinery of our bodies will never abandon you to time. Good or bad, they will stay always. An antique that shows the future who you were and what you stood for. So know that what you choose to stand for, is what will inform you of what you've chosen to stand against, so stand. Let each foot crash land into what you believe, and plant them they're firmly so they may take root in your convictions. And stand.”

Choices Thankfulness Follow Your Dreams

Author:Shane L. Koyczan

“She wondered how she would feel to be a married woman. It would be the end of her life, she decided, if life was a time of choices.”

Choices Marriage

Book:The Sleeper and the Spindle

Source: The Sleeper and the Spindle

“An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I’ve made out of my past, not the elimination of that mess.”

Past Choices Dreams Building Transformation Goals Mess New Year Present Exceptional Elimination Rebuilding

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We are each on our own journey. Each of us is on our very own adventure; encountering all kinds of challenges, and the choices we make on that adventure will shape us as we go; these choices will stretch us, test us and push us to our limit; and our adventure will make us stronger then we ever know we could be.”

Choices Challenges Journey Adventure

Author:Aamnah Akram

“Sometimes the choices others make take ours from us. Do you understand?”

Life Choices

Book:Trusted Bond

Source: Trusted Bond

“You don’t get to rewind your life like a tape and splice it back together, pretending it never knotted and tore, when it did and you know it did.”

Life Moments Choices Consequences Revisions

Book:Signal to Noise

Source: Signal to Noise

“We make tactless remarks because we wish to hurt, break our legs because we do not wish to walk, marry the wrong man because we cannot let ourselves be happy, board the wrong train because we would prefer not to reach the destination.”

Choices Self Sabotage

Book:Female Friends

Source: Female Friends

“When the universe compels me toward the best path to take, it never leaves me with "maybe," "should I," or even "perhaps." I always know for sure when it's telling me to proceed - because everything inside me rises up to reverberate "YES!”

Choices Moving Forward Path Of Life Gut Feeling

Book:What I Know For Sure

Source: What I Know For Sure

Quote by Adam Smith

Author

You May Also Like