Acquire Quotes

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

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?

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

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.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

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

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

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

I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

Did I put them in contact with the people to acquire them? Yes. Did I educate them on how to use them properly, and what way, shape, or form, and when, and with what supplements? Yes. Absolutely.

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

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom.

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

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.

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.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

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

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.