Jeff Bezos

No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.

American Businessman

William Wordsworth

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

English Poet

Thich Nhat Hanh

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Vietnamese Clergyman

Jesus Christ

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

Leader

Josh Billings

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

American Comedian

Thomas Hobbes

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

English Philosopher

John Milton

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

French Writer

Magnus Scheving

I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.

Icelander Writer

Harper Lee

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

American Novelist

Use 'profit' when discussing the financial success of businesses and investments.

Business Context

While mostly monetary, 'profit' can refer to other forms of beneficial returns.

Beyond Money

'Profit' can express sudden or gradual financial improvements in business.

Expressing Change

Using 'profit' as a verb indicates personal or collective benefit, not just financial.

Personal Advancement

Use 'profit' when someone takes advantage of an opportunity to improve.

Opportunity Gain

In accounting, 'profit' often refers to specific numerical values after calculations.

Specific Figures

In reports, 'profit' shows effectiveness and health of business strategies.

Report Communication

In finance, 'profit' often implies growth or increase in investment value over time.

Investment Growth

Use 'profit' to discuss or analyze economic trends and market behaviors.

Economic Indicators

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 distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.

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 and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.

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 as governments that profit from registering anonymous companies are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency.

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 Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses and institutions sell or book more than their full capacity. While often infuriating for the customer, overbooking happens because it increases profits

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 where chances of detection are low and profits from selling endangered wildlife can be extremely high. Oh, this is so strange. Like so many different kinds of incredible animals. I don't even know what some of the fur is. What's this? That's seal fur.

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 In order to fund their expensive voyages, the company turned to private citizens– individuals who could invest money to support the trip in exchange for a share of the ship’s profits. This practice allowed the company to afford even grander voyages,

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 enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.

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 make coffee tables and fancy guitars this is where all gets made in here okay huge demand has attracted criminal syndicates that will go to any lengths to protect their profits as cambodia's timber stocks run out they have moved

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 with regard to how we value them, and we have put so much emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share prices, at the exclusion of all else. It's like we've ripped the humanity out of our companies.