Acquire Quotes

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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their… — Confucius
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. — Anwar Sadat
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. — Albert Camus
The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil.… — George Balanchine
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt,… — Noam Chomsky
A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in… — Malcolm Cowley
When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever… — Malcolm X
Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction. — Wystan Hugh Auden
In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for… — Karl Popper
You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn. — Desiderius Erasmus
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. — Berthold Auerbach
This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student… — Richard P. Feynman
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when… — Dalai Lama
We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the… — Charlie Munger
The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I… — Mark Van Doren
Softly and kindly remind yourself, ''I cannot own anything.'' It is a valuable thought to keep in mind as you struggle to improve your financial… — Wayne Dyer

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