A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others.
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?
I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.
Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
It is my nature to thin where others read.
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart.
Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?
The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.
I know that Britain and the United States and others ship arms in the Middle East, 10 or maybe 100 times more than the Russian does.
Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.
The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.
I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.
We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But if your acquaintances online say or do something, it does not. People on average have about 106 Facebook friends, but only 5 or 6 real friends.
Confident people have a way of carrying themselves that makes others more attracted to them.
I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.
If I am to judge others, I should be subject to be judged. You make your bed, you must lie in it.
While I am a Republican, I'm a conservative first and I'm a constitutional conservative, and in Washington some of the Republicans are oftentimes just as much a problem as some of the Democrats, and we need to elect more senators like Senator Rubio and others who will stand proudly as conservatives to do the right thing for our country.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.
The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.
It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.
My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.
If I'm O.K., I will abandon restrictions and curbs imposed on myself. Not physical ones, but those restrictive tabs on my inner being, on solely myself. I will strip me of superficial dishonesties. I will paint against every rule I or others have invisibly placed.
It doesn't mean my footballing ideas are special, different, better than the others. I am not saying it's my football, my ideas, and the other coaches are nothing. It's the way I believe. I'm not special.
We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.
Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.
We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.
I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.
