I have thought about dropping an atomic bomb on Sydney but I wouldn't gain anything from it. — Damir Dokic Copy Share Image
They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can… — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life. — Antoine R. Ivins Copy Share Image
Where you live is important. It is where you dream. You lose or gain a tremendous amount of energy there. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The Christian has greatly the advantage of the unbeliever, having everything to gain and nothing to lose — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I'd rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
When the mind grapples with a great and intricate problem, it makes its advances step by step, with but little realization of… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to… — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he… — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent… — Lucas Papademos Copy Share Image
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it… — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would… — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
From the starch-heavy 'food pyramid' to ethanol fuel, the government adopts programs not because they are right but because they gains votes,… — Robert Prechter Copy Share Image
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
While testimonies can come as dramatic manifestations, they usually do not. Sometimes people think they need to have an experience like Joseph… — Allan F. Packer Copy Share Image
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
All of the great ideas, without action, become stale and useless. The key to turning dreams into reality is action. People who… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
Mama used to tell us a story about a cicada sitting high in a tree. It chirps and drinks in dew, oblivious… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
These Souls with great Material Possessions were allowed this because of Past Good Works in their Previous Life, but now feel there… — Mary Todd Lincoln Copy Share Image
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Like me or don't like me, I'm not going to adjust my behavior, just to gain a few more positive fans. — John Rocker Copy Share Image
Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has… — Libby Trickett Copy Share Image
There's no bad consequence to loving fully, comma with all your heart. You always gain by giving love. — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
The relinquishing of the lesser is the gaining of the greater. Give up all and you gain all. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the… — John Walters Copy Share Image
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
It is by seeing, looking and choosing to not turn away that we gain God's heart, that we grow in faith. — Rich Nathan Copy Share Image
Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain. — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal. — Noel Tichy Copy Share Image