#higher

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#example #higher #improve #look #never

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. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#capital #date #death #further #higher

Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#any #areas #best #come #country

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#century #come #courses #did #down

Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. ↗

— John W. Snow

#creating #current #deficit #domestic #encourage

There is no higher value in our society than integrity. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#integrity #our #society #than #value

Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#both #deficit #deficit reduction #dictates #fairness

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. ↗

— William Slim

#higher #moral #moral courage #physical #physical courage

No authority is higher than reality. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

#higher #reality #than

When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it. ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#bad-behavior #bullying #energy-healing #enlightenment #god