Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.
Doing things for others always pays dividends.
Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play.
Poetry is a dividend from what you know and what you are.
And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.
In these flashes of insight, I understand for a moment that one of the great dividends of darkness is an increased sensitivity to the light.
One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.
If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.
My rich dad taught me to focus on passive income and spend my time acquiring the assets that provide passive or long term residual income. . . passive income from capital gains, dividends, residual income from business, rental income from real estate, and royalties.
I'm investing in myself, I'm investing in others and I'm investing in my cause. I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does.
The total amount paid out in dividends is roughly equal to the amount lost in trading and investment advice, so net dividends to shareholders are zero. This is a very peculiar way to run a republic.
The dividend I get [from my compulsion] is the freedom to be totally disorderly in my dreamworld.
Business exists to supply goods and services to customers and economic surplus to society, rather than to supply jobs to workers and managers or even dividends to shareholders.
The peace dividend is peace.
A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas.
I like the idea of company-paid dividends.
The first part of my name, Khalil Gibran, seems to be paying huge dividends in terms of the artistic life of the poet from whom my name was inspired.
Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare.
Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share. ' It is only a handful of mega-rich, those whose entire incomes are derived from dividends and capital gains, rather than salaries or business profits, who have the ability to pay lower tax rates than some members of the middle class. The left knows this but continues to build their 'freeloading millionaire' straw man because it makes good politics.
