Quotation Explorer - 'Gained'

The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know. - Rebecca Beard
If you can do something good for someone in need, I think you’ve gained something. - Abdulazeez Henry Musa
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. - Bertrand Russell
Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned. - Auliq Ice
There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge. - Christopher Langan
Crossing the ocean even on the Queen Elizabeth 2, you know in your bones, with every mile gained, that you have left your familiar world behind. You feel the full measure of the earth and heavens. - John Phillp Santos
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. - Sallust
What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth - Compared with love, found, gained, and kept? - Robert Browning
FIT: Overall lean frame gained due to regular planned exercising and balanced diet...having the right metabolism. - Deshwal Sachin
I have lost my faith, but I gained the truth! It is not important at all to lose your candle as long as you find a torch! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years. - Alexander Graham Bell
...Material goods have gained an increasing and finally inexorable power over the lives of men as at no previous period in history. - Max Weber
...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Without making mistakes, there won't be lessons learned. Without getting hurt, there won't be knowledge gained. The only way we grow is by learning from the past. Always be willing to learn and grow daily. It's how we come to know who we are and what we are made of. - Kemi Sogunle
All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men. - Thomas Carlyle
The most important thing I gained from my travels was the knowledge that one could achieve anything with determination and an ounce of luck. - Stefan Waydenfeld
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. - Arthur Wellesley
There is nothing to be gained by multiplying social distinctions indefinitely. - Evelyn Waugh
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again. - Confucius
You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. - Lydia M. Child
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. - James Goldsmith
Faith is evidence unseen and never seen, trust is gained from evidence seen and understood. - Gary J. Spaulding
For all I've fought and gained; only the thoughts of what I've lost remain.
You can steal someone's work but you can't steal the experience that he has gained from that work. - Rumman Bin Sadiq
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. - Napoléon Bonaparte
Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. - Sharon E. Rainey
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn - Philip Massinger
I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle
Nothing risqué; nothing gained! - jayne mansfield
Opposition stood in my way, but I persevered against all odds and in the process gained my freedom as well as became a man whose future is like the universe/cosmos...INFINITE - Pierre Richard Lauture
Gleaming shell of an outworn lie; fable of Right divine—You gained your crowns by heritage, but Blood was the price of mine.The throne that I won by blood and sweat , by Crom, I will not sellFor promise of valleys filled with gold, or threat of the Halls of Hell! - Robert E. Howard
We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained. - John F. Kennedy
I have gained this by philosophy I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law. - Aristotle
You gained experience from your past action. Set goals for the future; act now with imagination. - Debasish Mridha
Experience the gift of life as its gods most precious gift of all with time as it passes in everywake of life there is experience to be gained and shared dvk - d vinod kumar
No magic Rune is stranger than a Book. All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lyingas in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men. - Thomas Carlyle
Success is a trophy, a title, something gained, attained or retained. Fulfilment, true happiness, contentment.... bliss is the gift of the self-realised. That is the real prize. - Rasheed Ogunlaru
The universe conspires to steer one in the direction where one can flourish. Bad or good the experience will be a lesson and a lesson learned is fortune measured by wisdom gained. - Sal Martinez
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement. - Johann Georg von Zimmermann
The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!' 'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social. In human terms, most ethical...There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness. - Ursula K. Le Guin
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. - Mark Twain
The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. - E. V. Lucas
The past is finished. There is nothing to b gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know. - Rebecca Beard
A man of purpose is a man on an assignment.Its important not to rely on earthly gained knowledge; tap to Heavenly Wisdom & Understanding - Kinoti J.C.
To be wise: You take the knowledge you have gained and use it to script words together to benefit yourself and others. - Stacy Snapp Killian aka StacyK
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe. - C. JoyBell C.
If anything viewed as negative has happened on your journey thus far, turn the page, create a new chapter, and write your own positive story. Then, bless humanity with the wisdom you have gained by traveling through the experience. - Molly Friedenfeld
Once a day....call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge. - Isaac Watts
Strive to follow your big dreams. If you fail, cherish the valuable experience gained during the process. There’s always a second time. - Yatin Patel
In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go. - Lao Tzu
Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expediency. - William Lloyd Garrison
Concerning Personal Branding and Social Media; Understand that attention came be gained or gamed but trust must be earned - Bernard Kelvin Clive
If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all? - Donna Lynn Hope
Lying isn't something you should be proud of, but be grateful if you've gained a talent for doing it correctly. - Kate C. Conner
I've been playing in the field of life on my own for a while now and it's fair to say I have gained myself along the way, I gotta admit though, after all this time I am damn well excited to fall insanely inLove with someone who knows how to take my breath away. - Nikki Rowe
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles. - Pat Paulsen
All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. - Thomas Carlyle
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. - Sun-Tzu
How many of us suffered to death?How many of them gained more wealth?How many of us mourned?How many of them earned?How many times we suffered such a pain?How many times they will do this again?They are Cruelbut…We don’t have to be. - Rixa White
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. - Mark Twain
I lost all I had known and gained a life I was yet to know. - Nikki Rowe
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