Acquire Quote by Aesop Download Open image “All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.” — Aesop ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acquire Concerned Human nature Loses Loss Men
There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it. — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work. — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I think that indicates why men tend to invest more wealth. If he loses some, there's more coming in. Whereas for women, it's like… — Sallie Krawcheck Copy Share Image
Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got. — Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Copy Share Image
It is of course, entirely possible that men (or anyone who is relatively privileged) are most defensive, most obstinate and unseeing when they are… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself,… — Aesop Copy Share Image
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. — Aesop Copy Share Image
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get… — Aesop Copy Share Image
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains… — Aesop Copy Share Image
once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come… — Aesop Copy Share Image
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take… — Mike Aquilina Copy Share Image
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
This was Shakespeare's form ; Who walk'd in every path of human life, Felt every passion ; and to all mankind Doth now, will… — Mark Akenside Copy Share Image
Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family… — Anna Letitia Barbauld Copy Share Image
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it? — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
Ballet is pure and demands that you serve something larger than yourself, whether it be beauty or art, or a combination of both. It… — Peter Martins Copy Share Image
You can't know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide ranging your experience,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image