I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work. . . More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.
But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.
It is one of the strictest conditions of initiation that occult knowledge may never be sold or used for gain.
Declines are temporary, gains are permanent.
A mutual arrangement, I repeat, is the only satisfactory medium whereby the present system can be carried on with any degree of satisfaction, and in such an arrangement the employers have more to gain than the workers.
If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, surely man passes like a shadow and troubles himself in vain.
Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.
Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt so rich, so blessed, so sincerely full of "enough. ". . . I believe it is on this robust, overflowing. . . contemplative pathway that one gains the joy and serenity to be generous.
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
It is harder to cut our gains than our losses.
Knowledge is a rare thing -- you gain by giving it away.
To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and seek out our own solutions, the more inner freedom and strength we will gain. Only when we are willing to bear the brunt can we approximate the ideal of being the captain of our ship. Spurious tranquillity rooted in inner dullness is anything but enviable. It is bound to make us weak and an easy prey to any kind of influence.
Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.
Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts up with them gains the benefits, but also the trouble. As the saying goes, there's no honey without bees.
People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support
A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.
Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.
It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.