Earned Quotes

Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to set foot upon the top of Alaska's great mountain, and he had well earned the lifelong distinction.

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.

I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now.

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons.

And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.

For the Left, affluence is won, not earned.

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.

I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living.

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.

It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain forums discussing sex.

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.

Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.