Raises Quotes · Page 31

Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well.

— Brian Tracy

There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

— Edward Alsworth Ross

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

— Alexander Pope

Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.

— Criss Jami

I just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise…

— Ava DuVernay

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles…

— Patrick Henry

One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise…

— Rob Bell

Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.

— Matthias B. Tallmadge

When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded…

— Anonymous

I try to support any and all animal causes or organizations out there if they are good and reputable. Sadly, there are…

— Alison Eastwood

As long as Republicans won't - won't raise taxes and as long as Democrats won't in any way make entitlements based on…

— Mark Shields

Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…

— Milton Friedman

Is it possible that my sons-in-law will do toilets? If we raise boys to know that diapers need to be changed and…

— Anne Roiphe

I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Jews' guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus consigned them to perpetual servitude, and, like Cain, they are to be wanderers and…

— Pope Innocent III

Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for…

— Thomas Carper

I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of…

— Francis Bacon

I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you…

— Frank Luntz

We climate researchers can only offer possible scenarios. In other words, things could end up being completely different. But there are undoubtedly…

— Hans von Storch

One should hallow all that one does in one's natural life. One eats in holiness, tastes the taste of food in holiness,…

— Martin Buber

My first banjo? My mother's sister, my aunt, lived about a mile from where we did, and she raised some hogs. And…

— Ralph Stanley

I began to feel that my greatest sense of success would raise the level of masses of people, rather than the individual…

— Ella Baker

The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly…

— Patrick Henry

Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes…

— George Washington

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to…

— Dolly Parton

The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.

— Dan Bartlett

My doctors say the more I continue to push, the more I can continue to raise that bar, the better I can…

— Chris Pronger

You cannot believe how hard it is to try and raise money for a film. I did it for six years and…

— Virginia Madsen

Music raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions: it strengthens and advances praise into rapture.

— Joseph Addison

I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every morning. Duh.

— Clyde Edgerton

There are different ways to raise capital that were not available when I was growing my business.

— Joe Mimran

It's not about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises…

— Satya Nadella

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise…

— John Sayles

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if…

— Anonymous

Through lack of education, we're not teaching kids to read and write. So there is the danger that you raise up a…

— Ray Bradbury

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton…

— Dylan Lauren

It will be a great day when taxpayers keep the money they earned and DC has to hold a bake sale to…

— David Burge

It's a beautiful blessing that I get to help raise a man. And I want to show him as much as possible.

— Alicia Keys

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.

— Gloria Steinem

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

— Denis Diderot