Temporary solutions often become permanent problems.
We keep saying, 'No more 'band aid' solutions.'
You can't sweeten the well by painting the pump.
Patched-up diplomatic solutions designed to answer the needs of the moment rarely last, and as they unravel they can actually make things worse.
The acts we engage in for appeasment today, we will have to remedy at far greater cost and remorse tomorrow.
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
...because he believed that if you wanted to get rid of a hole, you filled it. He had not realized at the time that there were all sorts of filler that took up space, but had no substance. That made you feel just as empty.
The easy way out usually leads back in.
Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.
Anyone who knows the marketing world knows that ideas come and go, and people latch onto things and think of them as a kind of solution.
I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame.
Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.
Better jobs and housing are only temporary solutions. They are aspects of tokenism and don't go to the heart of the problem.
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.
Anything you adopt temporarily only begets temporary results, and fluctuating your weight up and down is not lifespan favorable.
