A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.

— John Muir

I just want to follow my own ideas, and I'm uncomfortable doing it any other way.

— Alex G

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below

— John Muir

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.

— Anonymous

I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too…

— Albert Camus

The record of what you do is forever recoverable because of Google. The lofty upside and scary downside makes reciprocity more important than ever.…

— Guy Kawasaki

Let man then contemplate nature in full and lofty majesty, and turn his eyes away from the mean objects which surround him. Let him…

— Blaise Pascal

Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft…

— Owen Feltham

Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the…

— Jack Canfield

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

— Louise Colet

A lofty sense of independence is, in man, the best privilege of his nature.

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and…

— Ammianus Marcellinus

No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established…

— Michael Josephson

So often do you see collegians enter life with high resolve and lofty purpose and then watch them shrink and shrink to sordid, selfish,…

— W. E. B. Du Bois