Every leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain. — James Hervey Copy Share Image
Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The path of the seeker is full of pitfalls and temptations, and the seeker must walk it alone with God. I would… — Peace Pilgrim 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 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
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice. — Sophocles 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
Soup simmering, music of idle gossip, yammering kids, domestic chaos - long adjusted to this rolling scene, you show them your lofty… — Gottfried Keller 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 groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure. — William Allen Butler Copy Share Image
The auspices for philosophy are bad if, when proceeding ostensibly on the investigation of truth, we start saying farewell to all uprightness,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but… — Annie Besant 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
Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Envy, slothful vice, Never makes its way in lofty characters, But, like the skulking viper, creeps and crawls Close to the ground. — Ovid Copy Share Image
It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive [Stanley] Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives… — Yusef Komunyakaa 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
Instead of concentrating on the war against poverty, global attention is focused on another kind of slaughter - on something that is… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image