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Quotes About Gain

Y de qué le sirve a un hombre ganar el mundo entero si pierde su alma?
~ John Fante
His was the nation's sacrifice, And ours the priceless gain.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
he. 'I have no doubt that some of them are honest enough by their own lights, that they are motivated by what they see as a genuine desire to change the political system. But on the other hand, I know as a fact that many of them are not, that they are merely cynical opportunists with an eye to their own gain.
~ John Hall
All is fish that cometh to net.
~ John Heywood
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
~ Elihu Root
it is impossible to bring the Almighty under obligations to the creature; God gains nothing from us. "If
~ Arthur W. Pink
Most people pay too much for the things they get for nothing.
~ Author Unknown
Life in the world functions by ego, attachment and desire, which gives the rise to the idea of "likes" and "dislikes". In this way the mind starts identifying all experiences in the world in terms of opposites, such as pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat.
~ BABA HARI DAS
Doing political comedy you do feel guilty that you aren't trying to change problems, you are merely exploiting them for your own financial gain.
~ Nish Kumar
In the meanwhile this Yeoman began to smile. "Brother," said he, "do you wish me to tell you? I am a Fiend. My dwelling is in Hell. And here on Earth I ride about looking for gain, to learn where men will give me any thing. My acquisitions are the sum of all my income. Look how you ride for the same intent. To gain money, you care not how. And so do I, for I would ride to the end of the World to catch my prey.
~ Geoffrey Chaucer
Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
~ George Eliot
It's like, 'How can I reverse engineer what it takes to gain followers on a platform?' And I'm curious about how it works. And I'm the same way with people. I'm curious about what makes them tick.
~ Logan Paul
Being around a couple good tight ends in my history, both in Philadelphia and Carolina, namely in Chad Lewis and then in Greg Olsen, you see how that helps a young quarterback whether he becomes a security blanket, he can turn a five-yard completion into a 15-yard gain.
~ Sean McDermott
Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.
~ Alexandre Dumas
But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.
~ Jeff Miller
The rewards are worth far more than the risks.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
To live is Christ, and to die is gain."[213]
~ Mark Driscoll
For most people, the fear of loss is much greater than the desire for gain.
~ Anthony Robbins
For most people, the fear of loss is much greater than the desire for gain. Which
~ Anthony Robbins
If further glory or even further gain were to come out of this terrible war, — as great gains to men and nations do come from contests which are very terrible while they last, — he at least would not live to see it.
~ Anthony Trollope
not, at any rate, such a woman as her. It went against the grain with Mr. Sowerby, this seeking of pecuniary assistance from the very woman whose hand he had attempted to gain about a fortnight since; but he allowed his sister to prevail. What
~ Anthony Trollope
There's no stronger bulwark of sound conservatism than the evangelical church, and no better place to make friends who'll help you to gain your rightful place in the community than in your own church-home!
~ Sinclair Lewis
Double advantage points! I mean, it's just free money, isn't it?
~ Sophie Kinsella
For death is gain to him whose life, like mine, is full of misery
~ Sophocles