Acquired Quotes

524 quotes by 422 authors

The primitive history of the species is all the more fully retained in its germ-history in proportion as the series of embryonic forms traversed is… — Unknown Author
Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste. — Mark Van Doren
.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted… — Michel de Montaigne
Humanity may destroy the possibilities for life on earth unless the freedom and power that we have acquired are channeled in new creative directions by… — Steven Clark Rockefeller
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to this knowledge of… — Rudolf Steiner
We have now the remarkable spectacle that just when many scientific men are agreed that there is no part of the Darwinian system that is… — Unknown Author
The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of… — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
Only by spiritual practice can we break through our karma and the effects of the causes we have made. Only then can we escape from… — Ching Hai
Your life is a learning process - you can only become wiser from learning. Sometimes you might have to attract making a painful mistake to… — Rhonda Byrne
I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the… — George Orwell
Practise, practise, practise writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing… — Jeffrey Carver
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin
The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor. — Alfred Stieglitz
The creative force in man recognizes and records these rhythms with the medium most suitable to him, the object, or the moment, feeling the cause,… — Edward Weston
The more I study Nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly acquired through each part, occasionally… — Charles Darwin
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that… — Matthew Simpson
There are few greater treasures to be acquired in youth than great poetry-and prose-stored in the memory. At the time one may resent the labor… — Richard Livingstone
Many pioneers of these industrial changes, it is true, became rich. But they acquired their wealth by supplying the public with motor cars, airplanes, radio… — Ludwig von Mises
Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. — Ambrose Bierce

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