“Happiness does not have to be deserved, earned, worked for or paid for; it simply has to be accepted.”

“Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith?”

“You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.”

“Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness.”

“No one limits your growth but you. If you want to earn more, learn more. That means you´ll work harder for a while; that means you'll work longer for a while. But you'll be paid for your extra effort with enhanced earnings down the road”

“I think the future is like anything else that's important. It has to be earned. If we don't earn it, we don't have a future at all. And if we don't earn it, we don't deserve it, we have to live in the present, more or less forever. Or worse, we have to live in the past. I think that's probably what love is - a way of earning the future.”