Higher Quotes

2933 quotes by 1937 authors

The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over… — Leo Tolstoy
Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being… — Spencer W. Kimball
The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar. — Jeanette Winterson
I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all… — Jane Austen
There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from… — Henry David Thoreau
We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. — James Redfield
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isâ€¦the higher achievement. — Lois McMaster Bujold
To the Virgins, To Make much of Time Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles… — Robert Herrick
He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves - in… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside — Richard Paul Evans
Laughter is higher than all pain. — Elbert Hubbard
Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future! Somebody… — Jerry Garcia
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or… — Ian Mcewan
It is higher and nobler to be kind. — Mark Twain
you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart — Jack Johnson
No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than… — Albert Schweitzer
You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it… — Harold B. Lee
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt… — Mahatma Gandhi
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson

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