Elevation Quotes

84 quotes by 79 authors

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let… — Lucretia Mott
The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation -… — David Lloyd George
The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Elevate. Each day, live to elevate yourself, each day elevate one person. Make elevation your religion and you shall reach infinity. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and… — Laurens van der Post
He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives to… — Henry George
All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with… — Vladimir Lenin
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ...… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or, the state of science is an index… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My eyes, I have filled with Jesus upon Whom I have fixed them at the Elevation of the Host at Holy Mass and I do… — Saint Colette
Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value. — Mark Twain
There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Only thought is capable of inventing the fiction of a State that is universal by right, of elevation the State to the level of de… — Gilles Deleuze
The emotional elevation of the film is due in no small measure to the extraordinarily engaging performances of Anne Bancroft as the wife-mother-mistress, Dustin Hoffman… — Andrew Sarris
If you would make a man happy, study not to augment his goods; but to diminish his wants. One of the greatest services Christianity has… — Orestes Brownson
Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But… — Samuel Johnson
Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will… — James Weldon Johnson
There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices. — Ernestine Rose
Up there on Huckleberry Mountain, I couldn't sleep ... As the sky broke light over the peaks of Glacier, I found myself deeply moved by… — William Kittredge

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