A Quote by Robert Browning

And gain is gain, however small. — © Robert Browning
And gain is gain, however small.

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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.
Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.
You gain power through practicing meditation and concentration. You gain power by doing anything you like that makes you feel good. You gain power by being happy.
Vladimir Putin doesn't really gain anything economically from annexation of Crimea. It's more a gain of power. It's a gain of what he can say to his home population about what he's accomplished as president. And so it's really much more an individual gain for Putin politically than for Russia as a state, because over the long term, Russia is not going to particularly benefit from this.
You can gain power by avoidance. You can gain power by doing certain things. You can gain much more power by meditating.
As you gain control of the mind, you gain control of life and you gain control of your time. It all works together.
As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power's always zero sum - my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.
As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.
What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.
You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.
It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.
In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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