Acquiring Quotes

210 quotes by 180 authors

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task. — John C. Maxwell
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. — Ogden Nash
There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the… — Marilyn Hacker
I think we've tied acquiring knowledge too much to school — Arno Allan Penzias
It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens… — Socrates
Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time… — Samuel Johnson
The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them - to convey,… — Vanna Bonta
Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true painters. — Francesco Albani
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which… — Richard Reti
If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance… — David Cortright
And imagine acquiring a new language and only learning the words to describe a wonderful world, refusing to know the words for a bleak one… — Rosamund Lupton
By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of… — Henry David Thoreau
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on… — Chanakya
It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally… — Anne Graham Lotz
There are some things you can give another person, and some things you cannot give him, except as he is willing to reach out and… — Richard L. Evans
Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the second volume of a tale whose first volume… — Sei Shonagon
Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. — Bruce Lee
Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge. — Ibn Khaldun
We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our… — Benjamin Franklin
Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the… — Zig Ziglar

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