Acquired Quotes

524 Acquired quotes by 422 unique authors

The knowledge that I have acquired must not remain imprisoned in my brain. I owe it to many men and women to do something with… — Elie Wiesel
I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily… — Henry David Thoreau
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews
Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control. — Joseph Pilates
The line-by-line, sequential, continuous form of the printed page slowly began to lose its resonance as a metaphor of how knowledge was to be acquired… — Neil Postman
A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired. — Henry Ford
A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who… — Erich Fromm
Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture can… — Joseph Pilates
One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired. — Unknown Author
God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality of the world,… — Anthony the Great
Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare its tools. For… — John Cassian
Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of… — Gregory Palamas
...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even if we boast… — John Cassian
Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock. — Chanakya
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again. — Chanakya
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. — Chanakya
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained. — Chanakya
If you were to take the lessons and experiences you've acquired in the past one year, five years or 10 years and skillfully invest that… — Jim Rohn
When we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from… — Mikhail Lermontov

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