Quotes about Obtained

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. Votes: 1

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. Votes: 1

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. Votes: 1

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one. Votes: 1

Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained. Votes: 1

For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination. Votes: 1

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. Votes: 1

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Votes: 1

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. Votes: 1

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. Votes: 1

The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions. Votes: 1

Wherever modern translations of marked excellence were already in existence efforts were made to secure them for the Library, but in a number of instances copyright could not be obtained. Votes: 1

Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by (vicariously) living through an experience. Votes: 1

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license. Votes: 1

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Votes: 1

Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it. Votes: 1

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. Votes: 1

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. Votes: 1

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood. Votes: 1

In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. Votes: 1

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort. Votes: 1

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? Votes: 1

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. Votes: 1

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned. Votes: 1

The gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the right to receive the Holy Ghost as a constant companion, is obtained only upon condition of faith in Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion, and the laying on of hands by authorized servants endowed with the Melchizedek Priesthood. Votes: 1

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case. Votes: 1

Peace is obtained by war. Votes: 0

no knowledge obtained without risk Votes: 0

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving. Votes: 0

Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant. Votes: 0

Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God. Votes: 0

Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained. Votes: 0

Perfect reusable components are not obtained at the first shot. Votes: 0

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. Votes: 0

Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws. Votes: 0

I have never obtained any ethical values from my scientific work. Votes: 0

Commerce is the agency by which the power of choice is obtained. Votes: 0

Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men. Votes: 0

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all. Votes: 0

The world is ruled by power and power is obtained by money. Votes: 0

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. Votes: 0

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. Votes: 0

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners. Votes: 0

Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action Votes: 0

Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature. Votes: 0

[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation. Votes: 0

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain. Votes: 0

The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance. Votes: 0

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts Votes: 0

From principles is derived probability but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts Votes: 0

The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within. Votes: 0

We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling. Votes: 0

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development. Votes: 0

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get. Votes: 0

Healing is not always obtained by saying a prayer. It is obtained by obeying God Votes: 0

Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged. Votes: 0

I was not an especially diligent student but nevertheless obtained a reasonable education in physics. Votes: 0

Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor. Votes: 0

Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments. Votes: 0

A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move. Votes: 0

A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained. Votes: 0

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach. Votes: 0

Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers. Votes: 0

Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods. Votes: 0

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. Votes: 0

[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. Votes: 0

Once the tools for building public opinion are obtained, everything that you asked for can be done. Votes: 0

The exchange-value of money is the anticipated use-value of the things that can be obtained with it. Votes: 0

Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth. Votes: 0

There is absolutely no nutrient, no protein, no vitamin, no mineral that can't be obtained from plant-based foods. Votes: 0

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? Votes: 0

Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God. Votes: 0

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading. Votes: 0

If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost. Votes: 0

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion. Votes: 0

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Votes: 0

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death! Votes: 0

Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. Votes: 0

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience. Votes: 0

A significant idea of organization cannot be obtained in a world in which everything is necessary and nothing is contingent Votes: 0

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Votes: 0

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, "” but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. Votes: 0

Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life. Votes: 0

Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained. Votes: 0

90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot. Votes: 0

Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel. Votes: 0

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. Votes: 0

Best, I'd advise, to give up all animal products obtained by cruel methods. There are some fine companies nowadays offering leather substitutes. Votes: 0

The humility that cringes in order that reproof may be escaped or favor obtained is as unchristian as it is profoundly immoral. Votes: 0

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us. Votes: 0

The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold Votes: 0

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold Votes: 0

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. Votes: 0

For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid. Votes: 0

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action. Votes: 0

The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors. Votes: 0

The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars. Votes: 0

Within six months of starting my Ph.D. work in 1956, I had already obtained feeding tadpoles derived from transplanted nuclei of embryonic cells. Votes: 0

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus and a chair that's not obtained from Craigslist that keeps poking into his back. Votes: 0

I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love. Votes: 0

Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy. Votes: 0

True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain. Votes: 0

A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin Votes: 0

Statistics is the branch of scientific method which deals with the data obtained by counting or measuring the properties of populations of natural phenomena. Votes: 0

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided. Votes: 0

Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others. Votes: 0

Knowledge about the process being modeled starts fairly low, then increases as understanding is obtained and tapers off to a high value at the end. Votes: 0

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. Votes: 0

Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained. Votes: 0

Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section. Votes: 0

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty. Votes: 0

Certain brands of guilt can be inculcated in a secular way but other brands of guilt can only be obtained with reference to the metaphysical. Votes: 0

If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. Votes: 0

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude. Votes: 0

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich! Votes: 0

Knowledge is not obtained through being absorbed in a book, it comes when you brush aside fantasies and sensuality, switching from the unreal to the real. Votes: 0

Since mechanically obtained randomness contains all kinds of possible permutations, including the most regular ones, it cannot be relied upon always to exhibit a pervasive irregularity. Votes: 0

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men. Votes: 0

We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur' to surrender it voluntarily. Votes: 0

Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the end it has in view is not obtained, it feels weary and remains silent. Votes: 0

The fullest instruction, and the fullest enjoyment are never derived from books, till we have ventilated the ideas thus obtained in free and easy chat with others. Votes: 0

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else. Votes: 0

Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways. Votes: 0

If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the law of periodicity. Votes: 0

In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother. Votes: 0

Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic. Votes: 0

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions. Votes: 0

Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention. Votes: 0

Credit is a matter so subtle in its essence, that, as it may be obtained almost without reason, so, without reason, may it be made to melt away. Votes: 0

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind. Votes: 0

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. Votes: 0

The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means. Votes: 0

The community of mathematicians is similar to an imaginary community of musical composers whose only satisfaction is obtained by the interchange among themselves of the musical scores they compose. Votes: 0

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Votes: 0

Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval. Votes: 0

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price. Votes: 0

There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some way from our senses. Votes: 0

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it. Votes: 0

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. Votes: 0

Things have to be made to happen in a way you want them to happen. Without management, without the intervention of organized willpower the desired result simply cannot be obtained. Votes: 0

Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture. Votes: 0

I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests. Votes: 0

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. Votes: 0

Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way. Votes: 0

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare. Votes: 0

When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name. Votes: 0

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. Votes: 0

I believe that understanding what is good is obtained by looking at the way the world works and figuring out how to operate in harmony with it to help it evolve. Votes: 0

Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud. Votes: 0

Side note to parents: Anyone who thinks 'Dude, Where's My Car' is more appropriate for children than 'American Pie' because it obtained a PG-13 rating needs to stop trusting the MPAA. Votes: 0

The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail, is something else entirely and of an inferior order. Votes: 0

There is very little knowledge that can't be obtained through effort. With knowledge you can determine the state of any business or opportunity and find a course to gain an advantage. Votes: 0

Self-leaders do not look for followers because they are busily pursuing their influencial dreams that followers will trace and ask for. Followers look for influence and that can be obtained from self-leaders. Votes: 0

Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God they have fruitlessly, uselessly wasted their whole lives in vain. Votes: 0

Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself. Votes: 0

In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel. Votes: 0

Peace is the result of an inner state of harmony. It is not obtained by eliminating anything external, it is inside ourselves that we must find and suppress the causes of war. Votes: 0

A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here. Votes: 0

The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he obtained it from me in Zurich some time ago. Votes: 0

Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy. Votes: 0

I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen. Votes: 0

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit. Votes: 0

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best. Votes: 0

Against us are all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty We are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils. Votes: 0

Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment. Votes: 0

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. Votes: 0

Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Votes: 0

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level. Votes: 0

Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like. Votes: 0

The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to collectivists, to people who believe that wealth is best obtained by redistribution, and that message is clear and concise . . . Egalitarianism is sinful; it's also cowardly. Votes: 0

Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success. Votes: 0

Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other. Votes: 0

Say not unto thyself, Behold, truth breedeth hatred, and I will avoid it; dissimulation raiseth friends, and I will follow it. Are not the enemies made by truth, better than the friends obtained by flattery? Votes: 0

One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have seen what priestcraft and fanaticism can do, and credulity believe. Votes: 0