Best gains & force Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the idea that we can control the forces of nature, that we can have short-term expedient gains without paying for them, that there are no limits to exploitation of the environment, that we can produce and consume faster than nature's ability to replenish.”

“As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.”

Able Political Force Process Decision Levels Conditions Politician Judgment Losing Gains Defeat Iraq Driven Terrorist Capability Artificial Commanders Decrease Good Judgment Timetables

Author:George W. Bush

“I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action.”

Use Feelings Action Force Gains Painter

Author:Jean Dubuffet

“At this season of the year we draw close to Good Friday. All the eyes of the world will turn back to "a green hill far away, without a city wall," where the founder of Christianity was crucified by those forces of selfishness, greed, and lust for gain that are still at work in the world. It seems to me that unless we do something in Canada about the question of the export of war materials there will be another crucifixion - the crucifixion of a generation of young men, crucified upon a cross of nickel.”

“In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger or wanton aggression. A practitioner is taught from the outset that the skills must never be used for personal gain, but only in self-defence or in the protection of others -- and even then only enough force as is absolutely necessary should be used.”

Should Mind Art Self Enough Form Used Force Awareness Taught Pure Skills Demand Gains Protection Intense Martial Arts Aggression Defence Wanton Self Defence Personal Gain

Author:David Fontana

“Virginity, like all monstrosities, possesses special riches and its own absorbing grandeur. Among the chaste, life forces are economized and thus gain in resistance and durability.”

Force Special Gains Riches Resistance Grandeur Virginity Absorbing Chaste Monstrosity Durability

Author:Honore de Balzac

“Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Ionia.”

Thinking Men May Littles Has Beens Philosophy Past Force Grows Virtue My Friends Gains Dignity Bravery Senses Ruins Association Indifferent Marathon Piety Envied Frigid

Author:Samuel Johnson

“We all enter the world little plastic beings, with so much natural force, perhaps, but for the rest--blank; and the world tells uswhat we are to be, and shapes us by the ends it sets before us. To you it says--Work; and to us it says--Seem! To you it says--As you approximate to man's highest ideal of God, as your arm is strong and your knowledge great, and the power to labour is with you, so you shall gain all that human heart desires. To us it says--Strength shall not help you, nor knowledge, nor labour. You shall gain what men gain, but by other means. And so the world makes men and women.”

Source: The Story of an African Farm: A Novel

“The perception of potential threats to survival may be much more important in determining behavior than the perceptions of potential profits, so that profit maximization is not really the driving force. It is fear of loss rather than hope of gain that limits our behavior.”

May Important Force Loss Limits Behavior Perception Survival Gains Threat Profit Driving Driving Force Profit Maximization

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding

“In the days of peace every precaution should be taken to insure that there are no forces making for war. Just as we now forbid the trafficking in certain drugs, in the sale of poisons, just as we forbid the making of any imprint that suggests a coin or currency, just as experience has demonstrated that men may not make profit out of certain things because of the danger of abuse, so in the gravest of all dangers laws should be passed taking from those who might gain from war or preparations for war every hope that advantage could come to them by such a calamity.”

Men Should May War Might Law Certain Force Taken Danger Drug Gains Advantage Abuse Profit Preparation Poison Currency Coins Calamity Precaution Trafficking

Author:Frederic C. Howe

“Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.”

Age Force Fantasy Projects Gains Excitement Folly Peculiar Schemes Imitation Plunge

Author:Charles Mackay

“The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation.”

Force Grows Danger Gains Stronger Temptation Inherent

Book:Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore

Source: Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore

“Although deceit is detestable in all other things, yet in the conduct of war it is laudable and honorable; and a commander who vanquishes an enemy by stratagem is equally praised with one who gains victory by force.”

War Force Enemy Victory Gains Deceit Honorable Commanders Stratagem Vanquish

Book:The Prince

Source: The Prince

“Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.”

People World Want Believe Country Force Causes Effort Activity Gains Logic Regard Aim Israel Occupation Palestine Ruthless Settlement Apartheid Legitimacy Countries Of The World

Author:Mahmoud Abbas

“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it... It is as great presumption to send our passions upon God's errands, as to palliate them with God's name... We are too ready to retailiate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us try then what Love will do: for if men did once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but Love gains: and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.”

Ifs Men Should Trying Firsts Believe May Mean Ends Passion Evil Winning Names Force Hurt Information Ready Gains Forgiving Harm Presumption Laurels Believe In Love Sanctify Errands

Author:William Penn

“Before modern man can gain control over the forces that now threaten his very existence, he must resume possession of himself. This sets the chief mission for the city of the future: that of creating a visible regional and civic structure, designed to make man at home with his deeper self and his larger world, attached to images of human nature and love.”

Men World Humans Self Home Force Cities Existence Modern Human Nature Creating Gains And Love Structure Possession Deeper Missions Chiefs Visible Civics Resumes Modern Man Love And Nature

Author:Lewis Mumford

“The necessity for struggle is one of the clever devices through which nature forces individuals to expand, develop, progress, and become strong through resistance. . .We are forced to recognize that this great universal necessity for struggle must have a definite and useful purpose. That purpose is to force the individual to sharpen his wits, arouse his enthusiasm, build up his spirit of faith, gain definiteness of purpose, develop his power of will, and inspire his faculty of imagination to give him new uses for old ideas and concepts. . .”

“Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half the work; the viewer has to come up with the rest, and it is by empowering the viewer that the miracle of art gains its force.”

Doe Art Matter Artist Force Bits Dark Half Objects Gains Miracle Come Up Empowering Viewers

Author:Vik Muniz

“Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.”

Mean States America Force Interest United United States Clear Military Position Gains Including Regions United States Of America Assault Persian Military Force Persian Gulf

Book:Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

Source: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

“Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.”

Force Solitude Gains Perseverance Mold Relentless

Author:John Ortberg

“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”

Firsts May Winning Force Forgiveness Gains Forgiving Laurels Quaker

Book:The Select Works of William Penn....

Source: The Select Works of William Penn....

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan... We will gain the inevitable triumph so help us God.”

“God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love, a cooperation with nature, whereas Satan's use of force for the sake of getting gain renders the earth uninhabitable. Brigham Young's views on the environment direct attention to man's responsibility to beautify the earth, to eradicate the influences of harmful substances, and to use restraint, that the earth may return to its paradisiacal glory.”

Source: Brother Brigham challenges the Saints

“A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.”

“Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact with the other person; it loves him not as a free person but as one whom it binds to itself.”

Want Humans Mean Persons Use Spiritual Desire Force Christ Love Is Gains Direct Sake Contact Capture Irresistible Spiritual Love Human Love

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.”

People Facts Helping Force Interest History Danger Gains Determination Graves Inevitable Triumph Territory Hostility World War 2 Armed Forces Infamy December 7

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.”

Love Firsts May Mean Ends Might Evil Winning Force Peace Information Ready Gains Forgiving Ubuntu Laurels Sanctify

Author:William Penn

“We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances.”

Ends Done Faces Force Can Do Prayer Gains All Things Overcoming Bounds Obstacles Remove Invincible Resisting Hindrance Importunate

Book:Purpose in Prayer

Source: Purpose in Prayer

“If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and what they have acquired either by deceit or violence, in order to conceal the disgraceful methods of attainment, they endeavor to sanctify with the false title of honest gains.”

Source: History of Florence and the Affairs of Italy

“Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience; for it is no longer within the power of such masses to accord their inner consent to the authority to which they are subjected. Those who encourage a state of things in which the hope of gain is the principle motive take away from men their obedience, for consent which is its essence is not something which can be sold.”

Men Two States Force Liberty Principles Exercise Authority Mass Ethics Gains Essence Cruelty Obedience Motive Consent Accord Subjection

Author:Simone Weil

“And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn - the precision of our efforts against al Qaeda in Iraq, the professionalism of the training of Iraqi security forces, and the steady drawdown of our forces. In handing over responsibility to the Iraqis, you preserved the gains of the last four years and made this day possible.”

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