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Acquire with the intention to retain, and retain with the intention to grow. — Lester Wunderman
The more instances we examine, and the more care we employ, the more assurance shall we acquire, that the enumeration, which we form from the… — David Hume
Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity. Banish the fear-attitude; acquire the confident attitude. And remember… — Walter Dill Scott
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put… — Dolores Huerta
Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce. — Leland Stanford
If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very gladâ€¦ DON'T buy a parrot figuring that… — Richard Stallman
Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another manâ€™s thoughts, but deprived of all their life and spirit, and this is to add murder… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
....those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. . . . The… — Madeleine L'Engle
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top
How essential it is in youth to acquire some intellectual or artistic tastes, in order to furnish the mind, to be able to live inside… — William Lyon Phelps
If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering. — Laozi
The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole. — Bernard DeVoto
I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get… — Abraham Lincoln
In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire… — Alexis Carrel
The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke. — George Santayana
On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of… — Norman Cousins
In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it. — Alfred North Whitehead
I'm not a great inventor from scratch. What I do is to use, steal, acquire, reproduce or re-cycle music from other musicians. — Michael Nyman

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