Quotes About Gained

How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter, awarded--because someone failed to see you properly? How many friends have you lost, how many have you gained, because they glimpsed some element of your personality that shone through for only an instant, and in circumstances you could never reproduce? An illusion of water shimmering at the far bend of a highway.

There are no lost causes because there are no gained causes.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

Such were my wild words, for madness had mastered my judgement and gained complete control.

We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.

September 2001 turned out to be an unusually bad time to sell stocks: By New Year's Day 2002, little more than three months after the post-9/11 low reached on Sept. 21, the S&P 500 had gained close to 20 percent.

Stop saying that word. It was inconceivable that anyone could follow us, but when we looked behind, there was the man in black. It was inconceivable that anyone could sail as fast as we could sail, and yet he gained on us. Now this too is inconceivable, but look—look—" and the Spaniard pointed down through the night. "See how he rises.

The thing we want eludes our grasp, Some other thing is given; sometimes Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought Are ours; these all are God?s own work.

I was in Dallas and I had gained weight and knew becoming a vegetarian was the quickest way to lose it. I just wasn't sure if I could do it.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

But as midnight inevitably came and went without the horsemen of the apocalypse making an appearance, Clara surprised herself by falling into a melancholy. For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt—something is gained but something is lost.

His absence is time gained to spool my un-truths.

Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact.

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

We live in a world full of pain. Where love is blind and words are left in vain. Where trust is lost and never to be gained.