Acquire Quotes

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Economics has as its purpose firstly to acquire knowledge for its own sake, and secondly to throw light on practical issues. But though we are bound, before entering on any study, to consider carefully what are its uses, we should not plan out our work with direct reference to them.

IT takes time for a fruit to mature and acquire sweetness and become eatable; time is a prime factor for most good fortunes.

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.

I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings.

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.