Gaining Quotes

255 Gaining quotes by 221 unique authors

It was a laugh that came from the tip of his toes, gaining force and soul as it traveled through his body and out into… — David Levithan
Yes! He knew how she would love. He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. Her soul… — Elizabeth Gaskell
This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time.… — Ann Voskamp
Don't think of it as losing a boyfriend. Think of it as gaining a stalker." -Dan Cahill — Gordon Korman
Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over? Because, if it is to spite her, I should think… — Charles Dickens
Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it. — Joyce Meyer
She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing… — Gary L. Francione
Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their… — William Shakespeare
I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated… — Ayn Rand
Getting a woman's body and getting her heart are two different things. And gaining her trust is another problem entirely. — Lora Leigh
We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff… — Alain de Botton
Every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow. I am willing to help… — Hans Christian Andersen
It seems to me that the moralist is the most useless and contemptible of creatures. He is useless in that he would expend his energies… — John Edward Williams
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge. — Stephen Hawking
That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem. — Samuel Johnson
Gaining time is gaining everything in love, trade and war. — Unknown Author
Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look… — Amy Adams
In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence as a way of gaining power... is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security... — Alfred Adler
Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire of gaining heaven, may He… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. — Denis Waitley
Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea. — Shunryu Suzuki
Evolution is gaining the psychic zones of the world... life, being and ascent of consciousness, could not continue to advance indefinitely along its line without… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally… — Janet Malcolm

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