Above Quotes
4277 Above quotes by 2732 unique authors
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And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Combination does not produce though mergers and combinations are still the accepted panacea. In Big business there appears to be increasing aridity, bureaucracy, and stultifying…
— Reginald Fessenden
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I headed for this white mountain, but was caught in the wind and the mist . . . I followed the cliff from north to…
— Louis Bleriot
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The reason I don't play golf is because I was a caddie when I was 13. Women never gave up a golf ball that was…
— Art Buchwald
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The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some satisfaction they must adapt to…
— Paulo Freire
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If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if…
— William James
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Parents have the glorious opportunity of being the most powerful influence, above and beyond any other, on the new lives that bless their homes.
— L. Tom Perry
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It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another…
— John O'Donohue
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I 'm on the sea! I 'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below,…
— Bryan Procter
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At this unprecedented juncture in our history I have a word for you. Do not be disheartened by our temporary defeat ; be cheerful and…
— Subhas Chandra Bose
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A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but self-critical journey…
— H E Bates
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Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds…
— Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
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If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly…
— Alan Watts
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Looking at life through the eyes of a Daddy long legs: Imagine walking on legs so long you could cover a mile in fifty strides!…
— Edwin Way Teale
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Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
— Elbert Hubbard
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In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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...above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times…
— Shannon Miller
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Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we…
— Joyce Meyer
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When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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For we must share, if we would keep, that blessing from above; ceasing to give, we cease to have; such is the law of love.
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
— Hal Higdon
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Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.
— Catherine of Aragon
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If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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