#acquired

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer. ↗

— John Wooden

#arriving #cannot #essential #faith #important

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#allure #america #ample #anecdotal #around

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it. ↗

— Lord Harlech

#britain #disposed #empire #historians #honoured

My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got acquired. The problem was we tried to systemize everything and set up perfect procedures. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#before #bureaucratic #company #everything #exciting

I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#admiration #architecture #art #culture #existence

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#acquired #affairs #assuring #born #control

In simple terms, we are aligning our business today with the way we believe future systems are going to be designed, acquired and maintained. ↗

— Phil Condit

#aligning #believe #business #designed #future

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

#cannot #either #good #good taste #imitated

The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf actors have often acquired very valuable skills and experience before they get their break. ↗

— Richard Masur

#because #before #break #community #deaf

Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico. ↗

— David Wilmot

#any #congress #exclude #future #mexico