Gains Quotes - Page 10

Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly sacrificed. Above all is this true when honest men have shaped their conduct on the faith of the pronouncement.

Every mortal loss is an immortal gain.

We had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

We can be consicous of how we tend to ignore or escape anguish rather than understand and accept it. We can be aware that even when we gain insight into these things, we rarely behave differently in the future. Despite our overt resolve, we are still creatures of habit.

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

Laughter is a release of tension. When influencing, make the other person laugh; you'll gain rapport instantly.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.

You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.

I have never liked bargains when it came to sex.

Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death!

A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, combattative but not aggressive, she has to love her work a lot and not let herself be discouraged by the daily discriminiation she encounters.

Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities.

The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Every pain has a gain behind it

No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.

To conquer fear is the best way to gain your self-confidence.

I'm not going to bargain in the media because I don't think that's appropriate.

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.

Life isn't a straightforward climb up the ladder. It can take a few slips to really gain perspective.

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.