In essence, you need wealth to be able to fight your rivals, but if you devote too much money to war, your wealth tends to stagnate.
He also believes that if you devote yourself to his admonitions — that is, to the tormenting details of "saving more, spending less, and avoiding getting ripped off" — you can get a handle on your wallet and maybe even your life.
But unless you are careful you are going to have difficulties supporting the victims of oppressive regimes if you devote your energies to find reasons to keep their oppressors in power.
But be honest: if you devote 60, 80 or 100 hours a week to your business, do you really have time to read 100 prospectuses to find 10 good stocks?
You can only furnish your home for free if you devote your entire life to scouring second-hand shops and work for yourself as a seamstress, carpenter and delivery person.
Do not, like the intern recently employed by the director of one human rights organisation I know, send an email on the day you are due to arrive, saying you have decided it is much better for everyone if you devote these months to working on your novel instead.
That's true for both stocks and bonds, of course, but since stock returns are much more volatile, you'll get a greater reduction in volatility if you devote your taxable account to stocks.
If you devote yourself to your writing and spend hours in front of a desk every day doing work no one pays you for, you're not going to earn much money.
It will be better for you if you devote time to each of the PCAT subjects every day.
If you devote all of your time to the new girl, you're setting yourself up for heartbreak.
