Gains Quotes · Page 34

A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.

— William Penn

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

— Tahir Shah

The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to…

— Po Bronson

Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things.

— Thomas Sowell

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll…

— Franz Grillparzer

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.

— Anonymous

For this is England's greatest son, He that gain'd a hundred fights, And never lost an English gun.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

I have never been able to understand why the tax comes as such a body blow to many people since the rate…

— Warren Buffett

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and…

— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

A display connected to a digital computer gives us a chance to gain familiarity with concepts not realizable in the physical world.…

— Ivan Sutherland

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers,…

— Horace

I'm in favor of outing when people have demonized or scapegoated gay people for their own public gain. When they have risen…

— Rachel Maddow

If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to…

— Bill Gates

The personal deportment of Captain Perry, throughout the day, was worthy of all praise. He did not quit his own vessel when…

— Oliver Hazard Perry

I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It's not like you take the right turning and you get everlasting happiness and you take the wrong one and your life's…

— Marian Keyes

It is the responsibility of those of us involved in today's biomedical research enterprise to translate the remarkable scientific innovations we are…

— Elias Zerhouni

By walking naked you gain far more than coolness. You feel an unexpected sense of freedom from restraint. An uplifting and almost…

— Colin Fletcher

The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become…

— Ralph Marston

I see now how things even up, how they are squared away, and how they balance under the law of love and…

— Faith Baldwin

Precisely constructed models for linguistic structure can play an important role, both negative and positive, in the process of discovery itself. By…

— Noam Chomsky

I had a lot of anger against the way things 'should be done' - conforming to social norms, ticking boxes to gain…

— Rupert Friend

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

— Gina McCarthy

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

— Jefferson Davis

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

— Horace

For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

— Albert Pike

Success is very enjoyable in any field. But for me, success is not in terms of financial gains.

— Poonam Dhillon

“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.”

— Zelda Fitzgerald

Hope puts up with modest gains, realizing that the longest journey starts with one step.

— James Keller

The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

— Arnold Bennett

Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.

— Barry Ritholtz

True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.

— Frederick Lenz

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I own over ninety-five different hats and, over the years, have lost or given away 120 hats. You gain to lose you…

— Theophilus London

Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.

— Hank Azaria

We may have a tiny little room that we rent, and if we keep it clean and it's impeccable, then we gain…

— Frederick Lenz

I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

— Joe Maddon