Acquire Quotes

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Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
When you catch on to your awakening, the world does not change. You just see it differently, that's all. You acquire a feeling of immortality.… — Robert Adams
From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the study of serious… — Polybius
Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little. — Sol LeWitt
Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction. — Jim Jeffords
There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the… — Wesley Clark
He who travels much has this advantage over others â€“ that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they… — Giacomo Leopardi
The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can.but when they cannot do so, yet… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances… — Napoleon Hill
Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty... If I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. — Osama bin Laden
Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me… — Osama bin Laden
If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I… — James C. Collins
To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise. — Ernest Chapman
If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is… — C.S. Lewis
Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, and venturesome in the extreme, but it may acquire importance from an idea which follows it;… — Friedrich Schiller
Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise. — Thomas Jefferson
Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a few days (sometimes… — William Batchelder Greene
Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Listen, you have now found the conditions in which the desire of your heart can become the reality of your being. Stay here, until you… — G I Gurdjieff

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