Gain Quotes

2122 Gain quotes by 1482 unique authors

What first truly stirred my soul was not fear or pain, nor was it pleasure or games; it was the yearning for freedom. I had… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. — Thomas Sowell
It would be catastrophic if one day these fundamentalists Christians gain enough political power to enforce their literal understanding of Mosaic Law. — Mel White
Animals aren't property, and the law generally finds it acceptable to use and kill animals for human gain, imposing prison terms and steep fines on… — Charlotte Laws
So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the… — Isaac Watts
It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings a hundred harms… — Taiichi Ohno
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity. — Saint Augustine
The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has lubricated most backyard… — Simon Jenkins
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? — Sophocles
America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral,… — Woodrow Wilson
Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis, hoping… — Ron Paul
But it's God who gives us the ability to do things, even to gain wealth; and we must remember that what we do is only… — David Jeremiah
In a world that has so largely engaged in a mad and often brutally harsh race for material gain by means of ruthless competition, it… — John Dewey
Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected… — John Steinbeck
Yes, yes, I'm coming. Right up the top of the house. One moment I'll linger. How the mud goes round in the mind-what a swirl… — Virginia Woolf
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall… — Samuel Daniel
It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health.… — John Kessel
Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One… — John Kessel
It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is… — Harry Stack Sullivan
There's no gain, without pain. — Benjamin Franklin
If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life. — Antoine R. Ivins
If you don't like don't do it. But don't forget that: NO PAIN NO GAIN. — Serge Nubret
In the emerging, highly programmed landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software. It's really that simple: Program, or… — Douglas Rushkoff
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin. — Hesiod
No gain in keeping, no loss in weeding out. — Pol Pot

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