Higher Quotes

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The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be… — Fred Astaire
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations… — Saint Augustine
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The… — Marcus Aurelius
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her… — Jane Austen
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has… — Jane Austen
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to… — Teresa of Avila
Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy. — Sai Baba
I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office. — Michele Bachmann
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high.… — Erykah Badu
I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile… — Christian Bale
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. — Jean Baudrillard
Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in… — Bob Beauprez
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. — Henry Ward Beecher
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. — Ludwig van Beethoven
When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing,… — James Belushi
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its… — Annie Besant
Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A… — Annie Besant

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