Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid the further the date of redemption is postponed.
My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not and I'm not. But I believe in God and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
True courage is like a kite a contrary wind raises it higher.
Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain to live with it to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
If I was designing a web site for elementary school children I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools.
It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.
Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.
Like any business the oil industry runs on the basic premise of supply and demand. The more supply - the lower the price. The higher the demand - the higher price. In other words the more people who can buy oil the higher the price of oil.
Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest the higher the rate of profit required.
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
When the soul looks out of its body it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind in order to move to a higher place.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost.
In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
The higher the building the lower the morals.
That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone challenging myself to run faster and higher.
To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.