Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind." — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Now the time is come, That France must veil her lofty-plumed crest, And let her head fall into England's lap. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I have a goal so lofty it's almost embarrassing to talk about. And that's to be the best restaurant in the world. — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some say that my teaching is nonsense. Other call it lofty but impractical. But to those who have looked inside themselves, this… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Holiness is not some lofty experience, unattainable except to those who can leap the stars, but it is rather a lowly experience,… — Samuel Logan Brengle Copy Share Image
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Have the courage to analyze great emotions to create characters who shall be lofty and true. The whole art of the analytical… — Paul Bourget Copy Share Image
To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Come to me. Are you lost? I can see another way from where I live. The heart can see a path that's… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it. But I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
That's what they want: two women. Fellas, I think that's a bit lofty. Because, come on, think about it - if you… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes… — Thomas Francis Meagher Copy Share Image
If the God of revelation is most appropriately worshipped in the temple of religion, the God of nature may be equally honored… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
The strong and undeniable fundamentals of low-cost clean energy and the cheapest petrochemical feed-stocks in the world will prevail we believe and… — Alan Armstrong Copy Share Image
To do justice to modern technology's rigid linear structure, to the lofty gridwork of cranes and bridges, to the dynamism of machines… — Albert Renger-Patzsch Copy Share Image
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it. — James Allen Copy Share Image
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions. — Louise Colet Copy Share Image
I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My… — Theodore Tilton Copy Share Image
Russians have different far lofty ambitions; more of a spiritual kind. It's more about your relationship with God . — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the… — Friedrich Paulus Copy Share Image
I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Aphorisms should be peaks – and those who are addressed, tall and lofty. The air thin and pure, danger near, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So often do you see collegians enter life with high resolve and lofty purpose and then watch them shrink and shrink to… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
