Gained Quotes

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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs,… — Hannah Arendt
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a… — Annie Besant
The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained. — David Bohm
I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. — Daniel Boone
Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size. — Christina Aguilera
I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get… — Gisele Bundchen
To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking. — Alcaeus
Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her… — Sophia Bush
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle… — Lydia M. Child
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school the learning to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I'd gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is… — Beyonce Knowles
Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven. — Leopold Infeld
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be… — John F. Kennedy
It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We… — Austin Phelps
The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure!… — Swami Vivekananda
Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice. Its right to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized… — John Henrik Clarke

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