Home / Topics / Gains Quotes

Gains Quotes

Browse 2962 quotes about Gains.

Gains Quotes

“I was acquainted once with a gallant soldier who assured me that his only measure of courage was this: upon the first fire, in an engagement, he immediately looked upon himself as a dead man. He then bravely fought out the remainder of the day, perfectly regardless of all manner of danger, as becomes a dead man to be. So that all the life or limbs he carried back again to his tent he reckoned as clear gains, or, as he himself expressed it, so much out of the fire.”

Men Firsts Clear Fire Danger Gains Soldier Resolution Engagement Limbs Assured Back Again Tents Dead Man Gallant

Author:Laurence Sterne

“There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.”

May Creatures Gains Perseverance Resolution

Author:Roger L'Estrange

“Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.”

Firsts May Opportunity Emotional Habit Gains Resolution Aspire

Book:The Heart of William James

Source: The Heart of William James

“Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.”

Way Mind Children Pain Suffering Degrees Gains Foundation Lays Resolution Shrinking Firmness

Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education

“What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.”

Ifs May Hope Despair Gains Resolution Respectability Paradise Lost Book 9 Reinforcement Paradise Lost Book 1

Author:John Milton