“In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.”

“Focusing on a short-term strategy makes you invisible. Focusing on a long-term strategy is a winning formula.”

“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”

“I think a lot of people see food in terms of whether it's going to make them fat or make them skinny. I'm seeing food in terms of how it's going to make me think and will it give me clarity.”

“Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.”

“The long term ultimate objective – the holy grail – is we would like to help make life multi-planetary.”

“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

“A job is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem.”

“The whole perspectives in which companies are viewed needs to shift from short to the long-term, and as I would say, to a focus on shapes, not just numbers.”

“We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term.”