Gains Quotes · Page 26

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

There is no greater dishonesty than man effecting his own private gains at the expense of others.

— Leonard Read

If I gain support, the support doesn't seem to mean anything. It's not like anyone really cares about me.

— Vincent Gallo

The gains from technology must be channeled to a broader base of the population than has benefited so far.

— Nouriel Roubini

Christian hands never clasp and He doesn't give gifts for gain because a gift can never stop being a gift - it…

— Ann Voskamp

Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal… But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for…

— Anonymous

And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change.

— Tupac Shakur

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into…

— Charles Krauthammer

It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is…

— Soren Kierkegaard

Why am I more cautious as I age instead of the other way around? I wonder if it's all tied in to…

— Joan Anderson

To become a mother is to learn a whole language - to relearn it, perhaps, as it was the tongue to which…

— Rachel Cusk

An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's…

— Frederick Lenz

Wisdom, in the world of enlightenment, is not gained through conversation. Wisdom and enlightenment is something that you gain by making the…

— Frederick Lenz

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body.…

— Joseph Pilates

Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to…

— Richard Branson

The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and…

— Sam Harris

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to…

— George Washington

Index funds are... tax friendly, allowing investors to defer the realization of capital gains or avoid them completely if the shares are…

— Burton Malkiel

Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right—all that falls to them is so…

— Anonymous

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward,…

— Richard Dawkins

We've learned from experience that the truth will come out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were…

— Richard P. Feynman

If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This…

— Laozi

Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The…

— David Ben-Gurion

I wonder whether I should gain anything by the attempt to assume a character which is not mine. My wavering manner, born…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

U.S. stocks did not recoil from Trump's electoral victory, instead setting a record for election-to-year-end gains.

— Anthony Scaramucci

The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.

— Anonymous

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

— Rafael Nadal

Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain…

— Bell Hooks

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.

— Og Mandino

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’

— Matt Chandler

On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can.

— Skylar Laine

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.

— Thomas Hutchinson

Laughter is a release of tension. When influencing, make the other person laugh; you'll gain rapport instantly.

— Marshall Sylver

I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.

— Liz Phair

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

— Albert Schweitzer

O Love! for Sylvia let me gain the prize, And make my tongue victorious as her eyes.

— Alexander Pope

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There's [in Outcast] so much for my ear, brain and mind and body to gain.

— Eyedea

I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows.

— Lisa Marie Presley