A world in which others controlled the course of their own development, would be a world in which the American system would be seriously endangered.
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
I hope that by joining The Giving Pledge, it will encourage others to do the same.
People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek book they'll give to people they wouldn't expect to like others.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.
By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That's how an institution becomes one.
A feeling for equal rights for other human beings cannot exist in adults if a feeling for authority is not implanted in them during childhood. Otherwise, adults will never become mature enough to recognize the rights of others.
The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered.
What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said.
I don't care what other people say. The important pressure, you put on yourself. The pressure that others put on you? I ignore it.
Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, whereas others may just have guitar parts and samples.
Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.
A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.
In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.
You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
I am able to compete not because my labour is cheap, but because I can use technology better than others.
Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.
Social media absolutely changed my life and many others in a positive way.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
If you have an opportunity to help others or incite change, it feels like a moral obligation to do so.
