Gained Quotes

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. — Samuel Johnson
The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have… — Harvey Keitel
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. — Niccolo Machiavelli
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and… — James Madison
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them. — Horatio Nelson
Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles. — Pat Paulsen
You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade.… — Mary Lou Retton
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. — Bertrand Russell
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. — Jean-Paul Sartre
For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in stuttering succession, we… — Stacy Schiff
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous. — Navjot Singh Sidhu
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the… — Samuel Smiles
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. — Herbert Spencer
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. — Voltaire
Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it. — Lech Walesa
Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the… — George Edward Woodberry
Nothing risque, nothing gained. — Alexander Woollcott
Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself. — Donnie Yen
I gained a lot of confidence after 'IP Man' as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is… — Donnie Yen

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