“It would be a very odd chancellor of any UK government that insisted on a course of action that cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds, that blew a massive hole in their balance of payments and, because assets and liabilities go hand in hand, would potentially leave the rest of the UK shouldering the entirety of UK debt.” HandsGovernmentWould BeActionCoursesMillionsBalanceCostDebtHolesOddPoundsMassiveAssetsPaymentHand In HandOwn BusinessLiabilityEntiretyAssets And Liabilities Author:Nicola Sturgeon
“The gut-check message is do we have the right balance in our culture? Or are we in a position where hero worship and winning at all costs has subordinated our core values?” ValuesCultureWinningPositionHeroBalanceCostWorshipMessagesCoreChecksGutsCore ValuesHero Worship Author:Mark Emmert
“...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may take, how many obstacles must be surmounted, or how much money it will cost. It is by such promises that the balance sheet of one's life is measured.” MayLongSchoolLife IsBrokenBalancePromiseCostCommitmentSacredObstaclesSheetsPledgeBalance SheetsSacred Things Book:Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan Source: Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan
“Balance Sheets are meaningless. Our accounting systems are still based on the assumption that 80% of costs are manual labor.” StillsBalanceCostLaborAssumptionMeaninglessSheetsAccountingManualsBalance SheetsManual Labor Author:Peter Drucker
“My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” InspirationalTimeMoneyClearBalanceCostResourcesInnovationMy FavoriteTime ManagementThings In LifeFavorites ThingsPrecious ThingsImportant JobsFavourite ThingsMoney Wasted Author:Steve Jobs
“Everybody is talking about synergies. You've got to take out every cost you possibly can. You have to position yourself as your services change.You have to think about in five years from now what is going to happen technologically to you. And then you do have to think about M&A or your balance sheet, and you have to think about everything in the context of, "Am I prepared to meet that challenge?".” ThinkingYearsHappensChallengesTalkingFivePositionBalanceCostPreparedFive YearsSheetsSynergyBalance Sheets Author:Ken Moelis
“My sister made certain choices about the life she wanted. Those choices include a steady job, a husband and children. But balance and stability come at a cost. It is harder for her to be spontaneous. It is harder to just up and leave.” ChildrenMadeWantedJobsCertainChoicesBalanceCostHusbandHarderStabilityMy SisterSteadySpontaneousBe Spontaneous Author:Simon Sinek
“That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do I - even here, even now - as it sweeps us like leaves into his backseat corner, dancing us to shreds against the stones. V'la l'bon vent, v'a l'joli vent. I though we'd silenced it for good. But the smallest thing can wake the wind@ a word, a sign, even a death. There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back on the road, telling ourselves - well maybe next time” WellsMadeMovingMotherNextFeltGoneWindBalanceCostStonesAddDancingCornersSmallestNext TimeBackseatTrivial ThingsMaybe Next Time Author:Joanne Harris
“In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.” JoyFallAcceptingDogBalanceCostProtectionCompanionshipAmusementCushionsPlasters Author:John Grogan