Acquisition Quotes

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.

If you are working or you are running a business you have to set aside time and money to invest in your continued formal education and skills acquisition.

Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage

I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought; thus the learning of language was coincident with the acquisition of knowledge.

Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction.

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.

The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.

It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly: but, it is an art of much greater and more difficult acquisition to know when to suspend or altogether to omit them.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.

If you don't put a value on money and seek wealth, you most probably won't receive it. You must seek wealth for it to seek you. If no burning desire for wealth arises within you, wealth will not arise around you. Having definiteness of purpose for acquiring wealth is essential for its acquisition.

In a culture where the possibility of wealth and the acquisition of things is so defining of success, we end up pursuing things that, even if we are successful, can never deliver what we envisioned they would. The reason riches become such a snare is because we end up evaluating life in mercenary terms and being seen by others in such terms, and life is just not so.

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

A scientist is happy, not in resting on his attainments but in the steady acquisition of fresh knowledge.

Happiness is not an acquisition - it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.

We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.

Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition.

Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative.

Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.

SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.

My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.