Gain Quotes

2122 Gain quotes by 1482 unique authors

It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this… — Jack Kornfield
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be. — Bill Shankly
The warrior: silent in his struggle, undetainable because he has nothing to lose, functional and efficacious because he has everything to gain. — Carlos Castaneda
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also… — Gertrude Jekyll
All my first dates are interrupted by my fame because every picture taken is a fan that you can gain. — Drake
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain. — Dale Carnegie
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else — Bernadette Devlin
Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink that does nothing worse than… — Milan Kundera
Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and… — Samuel Johnson
When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh!… — Helen Mirren
Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize to… — Noam Chomsky
Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. — Lord Chesterfield
To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these… — Charles Caleb Colton
When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in peace they lose… — Lewis Mumford
The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important… — Robert D. Hales
When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement… — John Wooden
Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy. — Omar N. Bradley
By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is… — Matthieu Ricard
... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity. — William Cowper
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. — Plautus
According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement. — Euripides
Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness.… — Hugh Prather
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it… — Isaac Asimov
The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name. — William Shakespeare

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