Acquire
Panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstone of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might have lain forever undiscovered
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Acquire, Cases, Duration, Famous, Feelings, Good, Grows, Life, Light, Meaningful, Mind, Panics, Sincerity, Touchstone, Undiscovered
Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Acquire, Adaptability, Body, Development, Discipline, Disposition, Exercise, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Growth, Habit, Inspirational, Life, Limbs, Meaningful, Mental Health, Mind, Mindfulness, Positive, Strength, Training, Wellness
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Author: EpicurusTopics: Acquire, Famous, Free, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Possessions, Servility
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonTopics: Acquire, Famous, Meaningful, Overcome, Strength
There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.
Author: Michel de MontaigneTopics: Acquire, Famous, Knowledge, Life, Meaningful
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
Author: Mahatma GandhiTopics: Acquire, Beginning, Belief, Capacity, Famous, Inspirational, Meaningful
For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps increase my acquaintance, the thing which I chiefly study to decline.
Author: Isaac NewtonTopics: Ability, Acquaintance, Acquire, Famous, Increases, Inspirational, Maintained, Motivational, Publick esteeme