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
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. — Edmund Waller 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
Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind." — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it. — Vittorio Alfieri 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
Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea, Breasting the lofty… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues,… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the… — Horace 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
"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
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
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
And now because you are His child, live as a child of God; be redeemed from the life of evil, which is… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Then, though I prize my friends, I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions, lest I lose my own.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A hat is a shameless flatterer, calling attention to an escaping curl, a tawny braid, a sprinkling of freckles over a pert… — Jeanine Larmoth Copy Share Image
“The eye of true equality often seems to have some degree of disrespect for the supposedly accomplished, privileged high and lofty to… — Criss Jami 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
The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you are a child of the mountains yourself, you really belong to them. You need them. They become the faithful guardians… — Maria Franziska von Trapp 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
Far away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain-peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner- the Crown of the Continent. The water… — George Bird Grinnell Copy Share Image
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
A good friend is someone we can count on, as well as being so much more. A friend is someone with whom… — Jennifer Youngs Copy Share Image
Writing is the act of creation. Put words on page. Words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to 7-book epic fantasy cycles… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Here is the mistake of the cut-and-dried man of culture. He goes about with the secret of having learned to appreciate the… — Richard Holt Hutton Copy Share Image
The prestige of the Nobel Prize is due to many causes, but in particular to its twofold idealistic and international character: idealistic… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of… — Orison Swett Marden 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
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image