Quotes About Acquire

He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly, how much more then in spiritual?

Like everyone, you think you are rational, but you are not. Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. —Albert Einstein

Acquire the type of assets you love, because you will take better care of them and enjoy learning about them.

Left-hemisphere moment: When assets generate enough income to cover luxuries, that's when you can buy them. Right-hemisphere moment: Think creatively about what your business is. It's not your profession. Subconscious moment: Acquire the type of assets you love, because you will take better care of them and enjoy learning about them.

Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained.

The value of any commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

Labour therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

He (Proust) tells us, for instance, that there are two methods by which a person can acquire wisdom, painlessly via a teacher or painfully via life, and he proposes that the painful variety is far superior... We cannot be taught wisdom, we have to discover it for ourselves by a journey which no one can undertake for us, an effort which no one can spare us.

painless thoughts...and painful thoughts...there are two methods by which a person can acquire wisdom, and he proposes that the painful variety is the far superior

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

First you borrow. Then you beg.

People with greed lodged in their heart fear that God either can't or won't take care of them. More to the point, they're afraid that God won't take care of them in the fashion or style in which they want to be cared for. And the gap between what they suspect God might be willing to do and what they want becomes a major source of anxiety. So greedy people shoulder the burden to acquire and maintain everything they need to provide the sense of security they desire.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.

Reach deep into your wallet and buy a decent mule.

No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire.

Nos dedicamos más a adquirir, acaparar y compararnos con los demás que a crear, ayudar y emprender aventuras.

And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who have do seem to get. Some spiritual form of compound interest, I suppose.

He had learned that dignity could not be acquired from accoutrements and accessories; it cam unasked, it grew from one's ability to endure.

Prof. Walter Dill Scott says: Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity. Banish the fear-attitude; acquire the confident attitude. And remember that the only way to acquire it is—to acquire it.

The character of a 'lunatic' is not, I believe, very difficult to acquire: but it is amazingly difficult to get rid of.

He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly, how much more then in spiritual?

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.