Ascent Quotes

105 quotes by 84 authors

Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man… — William Hazlitt
For me, the ascent to the peak of the normal ways that torment and anguish. Inspired by the idea of â€‹â€‹transition was always something that… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Surround yourself with those who wonâ€™t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities. — T.D. Jakes
What first truly stirred my soul was not fear or pain, nor was it pleasure or games; it was the yearning for freedom. I had… — Nikos Kazantzakis
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the… — Iain Pears
Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable… — C.S. Lewis
A first ascent is a creation in the same sense as is a painting or a song — Royal Robbins
One thing is certain: the call of Christ is always a promotion. Were Christ to call a king from his throne to preach the gospel… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Intellectual ascent to correct doctrine is not salvation — Matt Chandler
The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture. — Jacob Bronowski
Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to… — Jacob Bronowski
I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same time the excess… — Blaise Pascal
Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier… — Arthur Keith
In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe… — James Henry Breasted
Your legs feel like fried bacon after a day of climbing and descending. It's a roller coaster ride, but no one is pulling you up… — Frosty Wooldridge
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession… — Edward Gibbon
As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it… — Bayard Taylor
Christ is at once the spotless descent of God into men and the sinless ascent of man into God, and the Holy Spirit is the… — John G. Lake
I plot my ascent daily. — Conor McGregor
I call that brilliant sequence of cultural peaks The Ascent of Man. — Jacob Bronowski

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