Height Quotes

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We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to year. But when… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to even… — Diana DeGette
Science can never be a closed book. It is like a tree, ever growing, ever reaching new heights. Occasionally the lower branches, no longer giving… — Charles V. Chapin
[Before the time of Benjamin Peirce it never occurred to anyone that mathematical research] was one of the things for which a mathematical department existed.… — Julian Coolidge
Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ...… — Soren Kierkegaard
I was shown a fledgling learning to fly. It's first efforts were very feeble. But as it used its wings more and more, they became… — Eileen Caddy
The church is a home for all to come together, regardless of the depth or the height of our testimony. I know of no sign… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The sum and substance of my teaching is this: Don't be dishonest to your vital breath; worship that only, abide in that only, accept it… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied… — Alan Cohen
Once a person is at the center of love, there is very rarely a possibility for him to fall back down, because he has tasted… — Rajneesh
I don't believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It's not about height. — Drew Brees
Fear - It's a fine line between that and pushing yourself. You definitely reach new heights when you push. But fear is good. Fear keeps… — Stephanie Gilmore
Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom. — B.F. Skinner
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it… — Anton Chekhov
I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me. — Jane Rule
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance — Albert Einstein
The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a person who has in no… — Pope John Paul II
Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Place the contents of the Chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet,… — Henry Bird
Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness… — Saint Augustine

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