Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordinary Georgians. They are… — Roy Barnes Copy Share Image
Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
The aim of poetry, it appears, is to fill the mind with lofty thoughts--not to give it joy, but to give it… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When you first start out don't set yourself a lofty goal of sitting down to meditate for twenty minutes. Aim instead for… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Make sure that your ambitions are really lofty - not just seem to be. Sometimes instead of engaging in those so called… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that… — William McDonough Copy Share Image
Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
My dad taught me that to be a writer is a decision and a habit. It's not anything lofty, and it doesn't… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We imagine much more appropriately an artisan on his toilet seat or on his wife than a great president, venerable by his… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal… — Major Taylor Copy Share Image
As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty… — Alexandra David-Neel Copy Share Image
The simplistic solutions of Deepak Chopra cannot stand against the lofty and deep teachings of Jesus Christ. Only in His answers will… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
For there is some danger of falling into a soft and effeminate Christianity, under the plea of a lofty and ethereal theology. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Life is a great and noble calling, not a mean and grovelling thing to be shuffled through as best as we can… — Aga Khan III Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm trying to, with my stand-up and with the podcast, give people these little stupid things to give them happiness. I know… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness… — Patricia Aburdene Copy Share Image
It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an… — Muhammad Copy Share Image
Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
You may have a beautiful philosophy, you may have lofty ideals, but what you will do with your philosophy and ideals is… — Ervin Seale Copy Share Image
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