Gained Quotes

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When a newspaper comes out that says 'Duff' Puff - she must have gained 15 pounds' or something like that, how would any normal person… — Hilary Duff
At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that… — Brooke Shields
Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds… — Barbara Brown Taylor
I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of… — Ricky Schroder
Corporations [gained] direct access to what we may think of as our humanity, emotions, and agency but, in this context, are really just buttons. — Douglas Rushkoff
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. — Paul D. Boyer
We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills. — Mercer Reynolds
Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they would have no difficulty exterminating one another… — Sigmund Freud
The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds.… — Sigmund Freud
In the present state of the world, it is evident that the control we have gained of physical energies, heat, light, electricity, etc., without having… — John Dewey
Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered… — Samuel Johnson
When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far. — Eustace Budgell
Though essaying but a sportive sail, I was driven from my course by a blast re sistless; and ill-provided, young, and bowed by the brunt… — Herman Melville
Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end. — Napoleon Hill
Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up… — Philip Larkin
It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he… — Sinclair Lewis
Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming… — Denis Waitley
Not so in haste, my heart! Have faith in God and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. He never comes too… — Unknown Author
And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more… — Gautama Buddha
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. — Sophocles
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. — Sallust
The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be… — Howard Fineman
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. — Stephen Mitchell
When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point… — Randy Carlyle

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