A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to… — Washington Gladden Copy Share Image
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Gain control of the mind and make it still, initially just during periods of meditation, but then throughout the day and throughout… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?- Jesus asked...MARK 8:36 — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney privatizes the gains from his enterprises, but spreads the costs to the rest of us. Seems that 'free stuff' is… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
When you discipline yourself to do what is hard, you gain access to a realm of results that are denied everyone else.… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
The person who takes power will never be happy with those things they gain. They have lost their essential balance and innocence.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The smaller trips are useful in between the big trips: they help me gain new skills and experiences, they solve a perpetual… — Andrew Skurka Copy Share Image
Karl Marx said, “The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.” A variant to keep in mind… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But all three of them had had to lose things in order to gain other things. Will had lost his shell and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
There is provided an escape from the narrowness and poverty of the individual life, and the possibility of a life which is… — John Caird Copy Share Image
A child is nothing like a racing car. . . . Souping up babies doesn't work that way. The child is what… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples. If it be unfamiliar, trace some point of analogy in… — William James Copy Share Image
Be not afraid, though every stay Should fail, or be removed away, And thou be stript of all; But lose thyself in… — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
Sustaining innovation is the lifeblood of any enterprise. It is the time when we capitalize upon, and recover from, all the disruptive… — Geoffrey Moore Copy Share Image
Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving grace that the constant relationship with children cannot… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its… — Kenichi Ohmae Copy Share Image
No individual can ultimately fail. The Divinity which descends into humanity is bound to re-gain its original state. — Nilakanta Sri Ram Copy Share Image
I'm just really tiny. People hate me, because I just sit. I'm eating, I'm eating, I'm eating and then I just... sit.… — Chanel Iman Copy Share Image
When laissez-faire creates instability, the move to a freer market can be something less than pure gain. — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go. — M. J. Ryan Copy Share Image
Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms? — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything. — Confucius Copy Share Image
We rejoice in all the Savior has done for us. He has made it possible for each of us to gain our… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape — Charisma Carpenter Copy Share Image
I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is to gain her; and zealously to labour after her wages, is to receive them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image