Grasp Quotes

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Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought… — Zhuangzi
The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are… — Aristotle
Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Well understand this! If you want to join our sales team; I don't need pillion riders; I need high drivers who grasp the handle-bars. — Martin Carver
Life is so generous a giver but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the… — Giovanni Giocondo
This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present. — Deepak Chopra
The man ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of civilization. — John G. Kemeny
Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. — Robert Crumb
...the West's main weakness remains unchanged: it cannot grasp the fact that it is facing an acceleration in the unfolding of Soviet convergence strategy which… — Anatoliy Golitsyn
Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and… — Rich Little
Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already know and believe about it.… — Michael Dummett
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. — Alice Walker
We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty. — Leo Buscaglia
A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already have - a sense of… — Hugh Mackay
If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Always bear this in mind: Everything is in God's hands, and you are His tool to be used by Him as He pleases. Try to… — Anandamayi Ma
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it… — Anton Chekhov
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim… — H. L. Mencken
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours… — William Halsey

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