In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher.
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.
I've always wanted to play a role in inspiring people to be better, to live higher quality lives and to feel good about the way that they look and feel.
Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some type of safety margin for a future recession. That's where they want to go.
I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I,' honest to God, but I think that it's a little bit darker, and the stakes are a little bit higher.
I definitely believe in a God and in a higher power, and I definitely take from many different religious cultures. I go to church.
You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.
Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.
I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
A lot of people mistake having some degrees with being educated. Most degrees are nothing but certifications for higher paying jobs.
I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.
A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher.
It takes someone strong to leave with their head held high. It takes someone stronger to stay with their head held higher.
When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.
A responsible woman guides, controls (albeit subtly), directs with superior knowledge that is higher than that of her contemporaries!
There is nothing higher-class than real craftsmanship, diversity, originality and the service of skilled human hands.
