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The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few… — Eric Hoffer
I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense… — Tim Gunn
...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I… — Jeannette Walls
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. — Albert Einstein
One must never allow oneself to acquire an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. There's no necessity to burden oneself with absolutes — Ayn Rand
â€Ž"Intellect is the knowledge obtained by experience of names and forms; wisdom is the knowledge which manifests only from the inner being; to acquire intellect… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies… — James A. Michener
The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
We are not defined by our things. ItÂ´s not the clothes that we wear, the cars that we drive, the art we acquire- ItÂ´s not… — Alyson Noel
To acquire love... fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet. — Charles F. Haanel
As an ability, love is always there as a potential, ready to flourish and help our lives flourish. As we go up and down in… — Sharon Salzberg
Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more… — E. O. Wilson
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. — L. Frank Baum
To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility. — William Osler
If you don't pray often, you won't gain a love for praying. Prayer is work, and therefore it is not very appealing to our natural… — Leslie Ludy
In mysticism, knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo a… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentrationâ€¦ tearing away the veils,… — Francis Bacon
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness... — Christopher Paolini
You don't destroy what you want to acquire in the future. — Suzanne Collins

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