Acquire Quotes
713 quotes by 563 authors
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.…
— Bertrand Russell
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A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
— Hugh Mackay
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During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,…
— Philip Neri
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To all of you I should like to say that in the course of this war you will have to acquire the experience and achieve…
— Subhas Chandra Bose
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In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also…
— Gertrude Jekyll
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Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have…
— Saint Augustine
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
— Denis Diderot
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing…
— Shaquille O'Neal
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Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.
— Catherine Doherty
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People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to pay homage to their servile…
— Anna Quindlen
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God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually…
— Rumi
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Keep in mind that you don't need to be addicted to money in order to acquire it. You can prefer to have money; you will…
— Ken Keyes Jr.
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Forging differs from hoaxing, inasmuch as in the later the deceit is intended to last for a time, and then be discovered, to the ridicule…
— Charles Babbage
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Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner,…
— William Stanley Jevons
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The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.
— John Naisbitt
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All these years you've been searching and looking and trying to change things, trying to add thing onto yourself, trying to acquire things when you…
— Robert Adams
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In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let…
— John Naisbitt
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