Gain Quotes

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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. — Viktor E. Frankl
People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking. — Albert Bandura
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons… — B.F. Skinner
Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what… — William James
The more games you get, the more confidence you gain. I started to set the bar high for myself. — Clint Dempsey
The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to contribute… — Paul Burrell
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of… — Alfred Bester
Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of… — William Graham Sumner
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It… — John C. Maxwell
The philosophy of praxis does not aim at the peaceful resolution of existing contradictions in history and society, but is the very theory of these… — Antonio Gramsci
The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain. — Jefferson Davis
It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth. Get involved in… — Wangari Maathai
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people… — Wangari Maathai
Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledg'd to Religion,… — Joseph Story
Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed. — William Penn
The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for… — Rabindranath Tagore
There must appear a spiritual and moral leadership rising above economic and political situations. Governments in both their domestic and foreign policies appeal for popular… — John Haynes Holmes
To gain customer insights, we must understand that we are prisoners of what we know and what we believe. — Unknown Author
Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however… — Charlie Day
When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape — Charisma Carpenter
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying… — Emily Dickinson
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him. — Benjamin Franklin
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace,… — Elihu Root
I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some… — William J. Clinton
On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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