Quotes on Credit

Every banker knows that if he has to prove that he is worthy of credit, however good may be his arguments, in fact his credit is gone: but what we have requires no proof.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School.

The men of Texas deserved much credit, but more was due the women. Armed men facing a foe could not but be brave; but the women, with their little children around them, without means of defense or power to resist, faced danger and death with unflinching courage.

The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

Business schools don't create successful people. They simply accept them, then take credit for their success.

Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).

The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

A friend is more concerned about helping people than getting credit. A friend cares. A friend loves. A friend listens. And a friend reaches out.

I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. _x000D_ _x000D_ Learn to lead without being possessive. _x000D_ _x000D_ Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. _x000D_ _x000D_ Learn to lead without coercion.

As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established.

We're responsible for the fortunes of the company but this is a bone-dry situation in terms of access to credit. Nobody can operate on that basis unless you have large cash balances, which we don't. My concern is that the government doesn't appear to care about manufacturing.