#acquire

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit. ↗

— Sam Ewing

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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

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The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired. ↗

— William Falconer

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I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul. ↗

— Kate Chopin

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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself. ↗

— Burleigh Grimes

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Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. ↗

— Xun Zi

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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. ↗

— Sidney Lanier

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