Obtained Quotes

287 Obtained quotes by 237 unique authors

I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners… — Ralph Allen
...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe on the authority… — Thomas Aquinas
Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least… — Thomas Aquinas
It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the… — Thomas Aquinas
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same time it seeks… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain. — Zenkei Shibayama
The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors. — Martin Delany
Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Do you not think that sometimes when matters are at the worst with us, when we appear to have done all which we ourselves can… — James Anthony Froude
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it… — Bill Vaughan
If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in… — Felix Frankfurter
Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one. — Felix Frankfurter
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is… — Mahatma Gandhi
Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. — James A. Garfield
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from… — W. S. Gilbert
Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in… — Francesco Guicciardini
Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth. — Nicolaus Copernicus
The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process… — Alan Dershowitz
People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite… — Jerome K. Jerome
I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to… — James Longstreet

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