Unearned Quotes

47 Unearned quotes by 35 unique authors

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living. — Francois Hollande
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. — J. Edgar Hoover
The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt. — Ayn Rand
We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned… — Ayn Rand
unearned suffering is redemptive. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others. — Ayn Rand
Things might have been different if she hadn't been able to drift; if she'd had to concentrate on her next meal, instead of dwelling on… — Margaret Atwood
When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty… — Ayn Rand
If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this… — William Shakespeare
It is unearned love--the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have no bright ideas… — Anne Lamott
Nature is typified by strength; humanity by weakness. Nature adheres to an immutable order; humanity to an ever-increasing chaos. Nature recognizes no equality at any… — Boyd Rice
I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned — Patrick Rothfuss
He despised causeless affection, just as he despised unearned wealth. They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the things… — Ayn Rand
It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who… — Emily Giffin
Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible. — Dean Koontz
The artificial primacy of defense among our national priorities is a constant unearned windfall for some, but it's privation for the rest of America; it… — Rachel Maddow
The Three of them were beautiful, in the way all girls of that age are beautiful. It can't be helped, that sort of beauty, nor… — Margaret Atwood
Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life's unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how those… — Michael Josephson
We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause. — Jose Narosky
Black Privilege is a unearned right given to black americans and they were taught to ignore it so it wouldn't cause any more damage to… — Unknown Author
All the unearned suffering that we endure here on earth is turned into gold in paradise. — John Lars Zwerenz
Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned. — Anna Freud

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