Gains Quotes - Page 38

• Confidence is something that has developed over time which is a very positive thing to gain. Respect is also very important, both giving it and receiving it from other drivers in your team.

  Liz Halliday

  Team, Giving, Important

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped to thrive in today's world and so it's important for teachers to ensure that students gain the foundation necessary to meet the baseline educational standards these tests represent.

  Wendy Kopp

  Teacher, Educational, Hands

  Source: www.economist.com

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• No one step back, that is the idea.... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us!.... What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards.... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Stars, Moving

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.419, Manonmani Publishers

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• We must always be aware of the fact that the body, soul and mind are to be trained simultaneously, for otherwise it would be impossible to gain and maintain the magic equipoise.

  Franz Bardon

  Soul, Mind, Magic

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• Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.

  Silouan the Athonite

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• What is required is the finding of that Immovable Point within one's self, which is not shaken by any of those tempests which the Buddhists call 'the eight karmic winds': 1-fear of pain, 2-desire for pleasure; 3-fear of loss; 4-desire for gain; 5-fear of blame, 6-desire for praise; 7-fear of disgrace; [and] 8-desire for fame.

  Joseph Campbell

  Karma, Buddhist, Pain

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• You really need to give us much love as you possibly can. Be kind. Be of service to people, not for you to gain anything but just out of pure love. That's what people are lacking, that pure genuine love.

  DeLisha Milton-Jones

  Genuine Love, People, Giving

  "A conversation with WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• David will never go to space again. I'm glad.What did it gain the McQuarries? What has it ever gained men? Have men ever brought back more happiness from the stars? Will they ever?

  Leigh Brackett

  Stars, Men, Space

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• It matters not whether these weapons of ours are humane: if they gain us our freedom, they are justified before our conscience and before our God.

  Adolf Hitler

  Atheism, Weapons, Matter

  Adolf Hitler (1942). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939”

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• In this world him who does not abandon himself the Almighty will not desert. Him who helps himself will the Almighty always also help; He will show him the way by which he can gain his rights, his freedom, and therefore his future.

  Adolf Hitler

  Rights, Atheism, Doe

  Adolf Hitler (1942). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939”

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• The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

  Veterans Day, War, Order

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• I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Giving, Judging

  "The Law of Rewards: Giving What You Can't Keep to Gain What You Can't Lose". Book by Randy C. Alcorn, p. 18, 2003.

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• Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. He intends only his own gain, and he is, in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention.

  Adam Smith

  Hands, Invisible Hand, Liberty

  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations vol. 2, bk. 4, ch. 2 (1776) See Adam Smith 1

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• I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.

  John Piper

  Long, Triumph, Way

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• The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others.

  Felix Adler

  Spiritual, Real, Unique

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• It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Strong, Integrity, Character

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• We mustn't complain too much of being comedians - it's an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed - that's all. We are bad comedians, we aren't bad men.

  Graham Greene

  Men, Comedian, Style

  GRAHAM GREENE (1966). “THE COMEDIANS”

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• The best way to gain more yards is advance the ball down the field from the line of scrimmage.

  John Madden

  Yards, Balls, Lines

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• Rather than simply interrupting a television show with a commercial or barging into the consumer’s life with an unannounced phone call or letter, tomorrow’s marketer will first try to gain the consumer’s consent to participate in the selling process.

  Seth

  Phones, Trying, Letters

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• For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?

  Craig Thompson

  What Matters, Soul, World

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• Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from those rules, is consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.

  Adam Smith

  Practice, Principles, Banking

  Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart (1843). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.104

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• Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service.

  Paul Martin

  Country, Pride, Our Veterans

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• Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.

  Charles Mackay

  Age, Peculiar, Excitement

  "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds". Book by Charles Mackay, 1841.

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• Gain confidence and you banish fear.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Martial Arts, Gaining Confidence

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• My responsibility is to obey, to surrender my heart and to yield myself to the will of God. It is in the process of obedience that we gain understanding. You can’t get the peace that passes understanding until you give up your right to understand.

  Bill Johnson

  Giving Up, Responsibility, Heart

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