Acquiring Quotes

210 Acquiring quotes by unique 175 authors

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. — Mark Twain
The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough… — Monique Truong
It is not my prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws. — Bertrand Russell
I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy. I had been… — Zora Neale Hurston
Be With Me In The Phases Of My Work Because My Brain Feels Like It Has Been Whipped And I Yearn To Make A Small… — Leonard Cohen
So you see that the process of education, taken in a large way, may be described as nothing but the process of acquiring ideas or… — William James
Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. — David O. McKay
Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are… — Ernest Hemingway
[I]t was with a good end in mind â€“ that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil â€“ that Eve allowed herself to be… — Moderata Fonte
We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out… — Veronica Roth
I mean, if your about to tell me something like I'm dead, that i need to start acquiring a taste for blood, and I can't… — C.C. Hunter
The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list… — Gail Carriger
My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence… — Richard Russo
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those… — Clarice Lispector
The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen.… — Margaret Thatcher
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. — Albert Camus
Magnus had often thought of getting a pet, but he had never considered acquiring a sullen teenage vampire. Once Raphael was gone, he thought, he… — Cassandra Clare
There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not… — Roger Bacon

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