Ascends Quotes
26 quotes by 26 authors
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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of…
— James Allen
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No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire.…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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When there is no thought. no desire, no ambition, in that state of no-mind truth descends in you - or ascends in you. As far…
— Rajneesh
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May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.
— Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
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The Church was redeemed at the price of Christ's blood. Jew or Greek, it makes no difference; but if he has believed, he must circumcise…
— Ambrose
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The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his…
— Confucius
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Praise lies upon a higher plain than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle around myself to some extent. But in praise my…
— Ole Hallesby
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In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the heavenly. There, free of all…
— Pavel Florensky
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Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology.
— Russell Kirk
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Away with tears and fears and troubles! United in wedlock with the eternal Godhead Itself, our nature ascends into the Heaven of Heavens. So it…
— C.S. Lewis
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If our Lord ascends up to Heaven, ascend with Him. Be one of those angels who escort Him, or one of those who receive Him.…
— Gregory of Nazianzus
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The world is nothing, the man is all; in yourself is the law of all nature, and you know not yet how a globule of…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
— Saadi
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Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.
— Mark Hopkins
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Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady…
— Washington Irving
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For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even…
— Khalil Gibran
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Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.
— Lance Armstrong
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We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you…
— Bono
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He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down…
— Barbara Taylor Bradford
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If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.
— Honore de Balzac
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