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A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
Thomas Jefferson

Good, Men, Government

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley

Love, Happiness, Experience

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.
Albert Einstein

Music, Brain, Him

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
Will Smith

Money, Spend, Impress

Never spend your money before you have earned it.
Thomas Jefferson

Money, Before, Spend

A penny saved is a penny earned.
Benjamin Franklin

I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast.
Charlie Sheen

Time, Long, Feeling

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Napoleon Hill

Idea, Beginning, Riches

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Freedom, Alone

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
Will Rogers

College, Until, Turn

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.
Barack Obama

Care, American, Turn

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

Here, Earth, Heaven

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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Humility, Friends, Blood

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
Tennessee Williams

Life, High, Grace

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe

Trust, Time, After

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Morning, Evening, Done

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
Emily Dickinson

Smile, Chance, Luck

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

Home, Today, Lovely

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.
Colin Powell

Time, Fun, Leave

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
Ingrid Bergman

Money, Alone, Care

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.
Charlie Dent

Freedom, May, Sacrifice

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
Judith Viorst

Age, Health, End

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Charles Caleb Colton

Before, Liberty, Blessing

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.
Cindy Crawford

Age, God, After

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Done, Nights, Repose

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.
Donald Rumsfeld

Hard, Treat, Dollar

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'
Joan Crawford

Around, Proud, Hear

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

Today, Everyone, Star

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.
Marquis de Sade

Character, Person, Others

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.
Richard M. Nixon

Everything, Whether, President

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