“I hope that one day I will gain power somehow, and somehow convince myself that there is still hope and go back and fight, people who's trying to make that place worth living for both Jews and Palestinians.” PeopleTryingStillsFightingOne DayGainsJewConvincePalestinianWorth Living Author:Sayed Kashua
“The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy. The other big lesson is that it can't be just about activism. This is most clear to me in the case of China, where we do not have freedom of the press. If the press is free and can report on what's happening, then change happens.” IfsMeanImportantCountryBigsHappensJobsYoungCasesClearLessonsHappeningsGainsPressesChinaActivismReportsYoung WomenAutonomyFreedom Of The PressApparel Author:Pietra Rivoli
“I think people who want to use genetic technologies to gain a competitive edge for their children are engaging in a kind of overreaching that could really undermine our appreciation of children as gifts for which we should be grateful and, instead, to view them as products or instruments that are there to be molded and directed.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldKindChildrenUseViewsTechnologyProductsGainsInstrumentsGratefulEdgesAppreciationBe GratefulEngagingOverreaching Author:Michael Sandel
“Complicated Grief was written in larger and more coherent (if disparate) shapes. The question was how they fit together. The mind is coherent, trust that was the best writing advice I ever got (I got it from Carole Maso and I pass it on). It's true, and clearer and clearer as one grows and gains an improved sense of who one actually is (as versus who one was supposed to be).” IfsWritingMindTogetherGrowsGriefWrittenAdviceFitShapesGainsComplicatedSupposed To BeVersusWriting AdviceComplicated Grief Author:Laura Mullen
“Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those places to stand in the song and gain perspective.” PeopleJobsNightSongEnjoyMagicPerspectiveFindingsGains Author:Justin Vernon
“There's a new line of research showing that people who don't get enough sleep, they're body doesn't metabolize as well. And so they actually - it leads to weight gain. So if you're not getting enough sleep, you might have difficulty losing weight.” PeopleIfsWellsEnoughBodyMightLinesSleepLosingResearchGainsWeightDifficultyEnough Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“I have to do what I'm doing at the time. That's the most important thing. You might lose some people along the way, and you might gain other people on the way, that's just the way it is. But nevertheless, if you're driven by something, there is no argument about it; that's what you have to do.” PeopleIfsWayImportantMightLosesGainsArgumentImportant ThingsDrivenNevertheless Author:Paul Weller
“It seems with progress you gain certain things and you lose certain things. The automobile replaced the horse and buggy but you lost all of that nice manure.” SeemsCertainLostLosesNiceProgressGainsHorseReplacedAutomobileManure Author:Carl Andre
“You gotta look for the good in the bad, the happy in your sad, the gain in your pain, and what makes you grateful not hateful.” LooksPainGainsGratefulHateful Author:Karen Salmansohn
“At least when Israel releases terrorists to gain the freedom of one of its soldiers, the country’s leaders have the grace to treat the decision as a regrettable action made out of necessity and nothing to celebrate.” MadeCountryActionDecisionLeaderGraceGainsTreatsSoldierIsraelTerroristCelebrateRelease Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“We are more put off by people who parade their dignity than by people who show off their wardrobes. When people have to trick themselves out to gain attention, it is a sure sign that they are unworthy of it. If we want to make ourselves worthy, we can do so only by the innate eminence conferred by virtue. We hold great people in esteem more for the qualities of their soul than for the qualities of their fortune.” PeopleIfsWantSoulShowsCan DoAttentionQualityVirtueGainsDignityFortuneWorthyTricksEsteemInnateUnworthyGreat PeopleWardrobeParadesShowing OffEminence Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“It is such a great fault to talk too much that, in business and conversation, if what is good is also brief, it is doubly good, and one gains by brevity what one often loses by an excess of words.” IfsLosesBusinessToo MuchConversationGainsFaultsExcessBrevity Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight different directions, he becomes, instead of the weakest piece, one of the most formidable units.” ImportantDifferentPlayNumbersActingPiecesKingsActivityGainsEightChessBoardsUnitsDiminishFormidableDifferent DirectionsEndgame Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
“One cannot shape the world without being reshaped in the process. Each gain of power requires its own sacrifice.” WorldProcessSacrificeShapesGainsChaos Author:Phil Hine
“Late at night, when everyone is quiet, sit alone and gaze into the mind; then you notice illusion ending and reality appearing. You gain a great sense of potential in this every time. Once you have noticed reality appearing yet find that illusion is hard to escape, you also find yourself greatly humbled.” MindHardRealityNightQuietLateIllusionGainsTaoismFinding YourselfAppearing Author:Zicheng Hong
“Those who turn things around by themselves do not rejoice at gain or grieve over loss; the whole world is the range they roam. Those who are themselves used by things hate it when events go against them and love it when they go their way; the slightest thing can create binding entanglements.” WorldWayWholeUsedHateTurnsLossEventsGainsAnd LoveWhole WorldRangeGrievingTaoismRejoiceBindingEntanglement Author:Zicheng Hong
“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?” IfsWorldHumansMadeMomentsDesireLove IsFireSeaPureGainsFortuneCarefulBitterBoatBuddhistBurningHuman LifeFlamesRealmsTaoismShoreBe CarefulFierceGreedyPitsDrowningCalamityGood FortuneVaryPonds Author:Zicheng Hong
“We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.” AcceptingDeserveGainsRefusal Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“Courage is......following your conscience instead of "following the crowd." Sacrificing personal gain for the benefit of others. Speaking your mind even though others don't agree. Taking complete responsibility for your actions and your mistakes. Doing what you know is right, regardless of the consequence.” KnowsInspirationalMindActionMistakeResponsibilitySacrificeBenefitsConscienceConsequenceGainsAgreeCrowdsFollowingPersonal GainFollowing The Crowd Author:Eric Harvey
“In my state [ Maryland] we've lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it's very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.” ThinkingStatesJobsLostDifficultGainsBordersNaftaMaryland Author:Barbara Mikulski
“Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used. We need a leadership that is based on partnership, a leadership that unites nations and makes it possible to solve the problems of the globe together. Otherwise, we will have another Gold Rush for a superpower that wants to gain even greater advantages, that wants to gain an absolutely new position for itself. That would lead to a perverse utopia.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldCountryProblemMightTogetherAmericaUsedNationsGreaterPositionGainsAdvantageGoldSolveEnormousSolePartnershipGlobesUtopiaSuperpowerGold RushNew Position Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“I firmly believe that volunteering is good for our society and brings communities together. It's a fantastic opportunity to get involved in your local community, to meet new people and to gain a sense of pride and achievement.” PeopleBelieveTogetherOpportunityCommunityPrideInvolvedAchievementGainsLocalsFantasticOur SocietyVolunteerGet InvolvedMeeting New PeopleLocal Community Author:Boris Johnson
“The advantages we gain from EU membership clearly and categorically outweigh any disadvantages that come with it.” GainsAdvantageDisadvantagesMembership Author:Ruth Davidson
“When a woman tells me she loves my dresses. These women have nothing to gain to tell you that they love your dresses. A lot of professional women admit dressing for work previously was such a challenge. It's these moments for me that are so rewarding.” MomentsChallengesLove YouGainsDressesDressings Author:Sarah Lafleur
“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.” IfsInspirationalListeningGainsMarketingObservationOccupationScouting Author:Robert Baden-Powell
“Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.” NeedsDifferentDonePossibilityGainsAwakeDemographics Author:Theresa May
“Europe is creating the flight of refugees that's tearing it apart politically, and leading rightwing nationalist parties to gain power to withdraw from the Eurozone.” PartyCreatingGainsEuropeFlightRefugeeEurozone Author:Michael Hudson
“I would like to say, historically, from the very beginning, our people have time and again expressed the need for people to live in harmony with the creator, the mother earth, fellow man, and respect our brother's vision. In the past and the present, we have been respon-sible for the greatest gains; cultivated foods and medicines; democratic government, and many other areas of concern.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensGovernmentEarthPastMotherVisionBrotherGainsAreasConcernHarmonyFellowsMedicineDemocraticCreatorFellow ManMother EarthDemocratic Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“I think people think their incomes have been flat lining for a long period of time. They feel that the next generation's opportunities are not going to be improvement. So and I also think that social media then allows insurgent movements to gain scale at speed.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLongHas BeensNextOpportunitySocialGenerationsMediaMovementPeriodsGainsSocial MediaSpeedImprovementScalesIncomeFlatsNext GenerationLong Periods Of TimeInsurgent Author:Tony Blair
“The Conservative Party isn't electing a leader in opposition after losing a general election who can build up over five years and gain experience. We're electing somebody who's going to be our prime minister in two months' time, and that's why it's very important we have somebody with strong experience, who's good at working with the international community and can hit the ground running.” YearsTwoImportantRunningStrongCommunityPartyLeaderFiveMonthsLosingGainsElectionInternationalConservativeMinistersFive YearsOppositionPrimePrime MinisterTwo MonthsInternational CommunityConservative PartyGeneral Elections Author:Chris Grayling
“Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.” IdeasCountryPoliticalTermPrinciplesGainsIndigenousShort TermDiscardedGuiding Principles Author:Barbara Jordan
“I have never had, nor will I ever have, any [political] ambitions. The only thing on which I have always set my heart is being able to gain God's good pleasure and, therefore, trying to make him known correctly and loved by humanity.” TryingHeartAblePoliticalHumanityPleasureKnownMy HeartAmbitionGainsPolitical Ambition Author:Fethullah Gulen
“Some [people] think that there is a central organization responsible for all the institutions they wrongly think affiliated with me. They ignore the zeal of many to serve humanity and to gain God's good pleasure in doing so. They ignore people's generosity. Such misunderstandings may lead others to have suspicions about the financial resources of the schools.” PeopleThinkingMaySchoolHumanityPleasureGainsResourcesOrganizationResponsibleInstitutionsFinancialGenerositySuspicionMisunderstandingZealFinancial ResourcesIgnoring People Author:Fethullah Gulen
“Historically, if you look back at the struggle to end slavery, the struggle to gain womens' right to vote, the labor movement - these were big social transitions in which there was a movement on the ground in which a lot of people died, but it also took an independent political party.” PeopleIfsLooksEndsBigsPoliticalSocialPartyStruggleMovementGainsLaborVoteDiedIndependentSlaveryTransitionPolitical PartiesRight To VoteLabor Movement Author:Jill Stein
“Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered.” IfsSchoolMeditationStudentsGainsSelf Centered Author:Pico Iyer
“It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and of the House of Representatives and that we not lose seats but we gain seats for talented women and our country, but we're lacking behind.” ImportantCountryStatesHouseLosesBehindsRightsInvolvedGainsOur CountrySeatsRepresentativesWomens RightsLackingLegislatureHouse Of RepresentativesState LegislaturesRedistricting Author:Eleanor Smeal
“I think if you had a capital-gains system where the long, patient capital would actually be rewarded, nanosecond capital turning would not be.” IfsThinkingLongGainsPatientCapital Gains Author:Hillary Clinton
“We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.” WorldCareWaterPayActingAirOne DayCostConflictGainsAround The WorldHealth CareFuelFossilsFossil FuelCleanersHealth Care CostsActing Now Author:Mark Ruffalo
“The interests behind fracking are very powerful and they've managed to control the dialogue for a while, because they have forced people to sign disclosure agreements; people who have had negative experiences who are not able to speak out because they've signed disclosure agreements with the gas companies. Things like this. They've managed to strangle the opposing viewpoint, but it does seem like the people who are against fracking have started to gain some traction and the realities of what an environmental nightmare it is are starting to become known.” PeopleDoeRealitySeemsAbleSpeakInterestPowerfulBehindsCompanyKnownGainsNegativeEnvironmentalStartingDialogueGasNightmareAgreementVery PowerfulOpposingViewpointsSpeaks OutDisclosureFrackingTractionNegative Experiences Author:Joan Osborne
“Once you have a major success with assertiveness, you learn that it's a much healthier path than being a doormat to the insensitive folks. You gain respect for yourself, have more time for your priorities, and develop authentic and healthier relationships.” PathMajorsGainsFolksPrioritiesMore TimeInsensitiveRespect YourselfAssertivenessDoormat Author:Doreen Virtue
“Saying No gains you respect. When you say No, the other person may feel disappointed. But ultimately, they will respect you for taking good care of yourself. And most of all, you'll respect yourself because you are being true to yourself!” FeelsMayPersonsCareGainsBeing TrueDisappointedBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfSaying NoRespect Yourself Author:Doreen Virtue
“What I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is, when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country.” PeopleCountryInformationProtectGainsPreparedAmerican Life Author:Mike Pence
“It is through our deepest intimate relationships that we can gain some of our soul's most powerful spiritual advancements.” SoulSpiritualPowerfulGainsIntimateMost PowerfulAdvancementIntimate Relationships Author:John Friend
“If I want to gain weight, I can gain weight. If I want to lose weight, I will lose weight. If I want to be fit, I'll be fit.” IfsWantI CanLosesFitGainsWeightLose Weight Author:Guy Burnet
“Pain is part of how I get inspiration and part of how I gain wisdom on life. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I don't transform it, I just let it be. I kind of let it move through me, let it consume me and I let it take me over and hurt me, and I let it go away when it's ready to go away and I understand that it's just part of the process.” TryingKindInspirationPainMovingProcessHurtReadyGainsGoing AwayTake MeLet It GoHurt Me Author:Brett Dennen
“Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.” PeopleWantCitiesAirEconomicGainsAdvantageCleanClean Air Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Yoga teaching is that you're not your dark side or your woo-woo, you're pure awareness. Our job is to begin to gain that discrimination and insight so we can separate from our identification.” JobsSidesDarkTeachingAwarenessPureYogaGainsInsightDiscriminationDark SideIdentification Author:Gary Kraftsow
“Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.” WorldAbleTogetherGainsWorkersProfitIncomeInequalityWorking TogetherGet AwayEmployersIncome Inequality Author:Dolores Huerta
“How you educate the people around you, what steps you take toward making it better, what sacrifices you make. The equation of life is simple: There's no gain without pain. For whatever reason, that's the way this world was designed in every facet. It's the same thing, there has to be a sacrifice.” PeopleWorldWayReasonPainLife IsSimpleStepsSacrificeThis WorldGainsEducateEquationsFacetsWithout PainLife Is Simple Author:Andrew Hawkins