Obtained Quotes

287 quotes by 237 authors

I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because… — Hans Selye
Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country… — George S. Patton
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.… — Mark Twain
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each… — Norman Douglas
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have great impatience of… — Benjamin Disraeli
When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God,… — Charles Spurgeon
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor. — Thomas a Kempis
There are more than 100 first- and second- hand witnesses to the retrieval of an extraterrestrial spacecraft and at least four extraterrestrial bodies from a… — Steven M. Greer
I have never obtained any ethical values from my scientific work. — Albert Einstein
I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of… — Albert Einstein
The world is ruled by power and power is obtained by money. — Tadeusz Borowski
Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained. — Ibn Taymiyyah
The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion. — Winston Churchill
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence… — Mercy Otis Warren
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be… — James Madison
He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the… — Otto von Bismarck
A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a… — Meriwether Lewis

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