Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Now you say, alas! Christianity is hard; I grant it; but gainful and happy. I contemn the difficulty when I respect the advantage. The greatest labors that have answerable requitals are less than the least that have no regard. Believe me, when I look to the reward, I would not have the work easier. It is a good Master whom we serve, who not only pays, but gives; not after the proportion of our earnings, but of His own mercy.
When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.
Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that you contribute value for which customers are going to pay.
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell. ' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One. ' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.
Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.
The real solution to the problem of poverty consists in finding how to increase the employment and earning power of the poor.
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.
Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma
Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.
Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.
A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.
One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.
Security comes from earning it-not seeking it.
Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
We must learn to separate need from greed. . . We must not allow our yearnings to exceed our earnings.
Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.
In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices.