The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.
He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.
Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a return to traditional proportionate taxation?. . . Today in our country the tax collector's share is 37 cents of every dollar earned. Freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp.
I'm very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned.
Success is not an entitlement. It has to be earned
But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.
I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.
Anyone who promises you something that you have not earned is seeking to enslave you.
Massie's frindship is something that has to be earned. Not because she's beautiful or popular but because she's loyal.
I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.
A billion saved is a billion earned.
A penny saved is better than a penny earned.
Nothing of value comes without being earned.
The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.
Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.
I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
A good name is what is given you by others and that which has been earned by you.
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth acquired, or power and prestige, but rather on the basis of what you have become as persons and what you are in conduct and character.