Higher Quotes

2933 quotes by 1937 authors

If we do not believe within ourselves this deeply rooted feeling that there is something higher than ourselves, we shall never find the strength to… — Rudolf Steiner
How could someone possibly be that beautiful? She wondered for the hundred thousandth time. What higher power orchestrated such a perfect union of genes? Who… — Lauren Weisberger
Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm… — Mark Twain
Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe. Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher… — Al Franken
For the first time in longer than I can remember, I feel peaceful. Not happy. Not sad. Not anxious. Not horny. Just all the higher… — Chuck Palahniuk
Judge: And what is your occupation in general? Brodsky: Poet, poet-translator. Judge: And who recognized you to be a poet? Who put you in the… — Joseph Brodsky
As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions. — James E. Faust
It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a… — William P. Young
But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary to change their… — Michael Crichton
The wind picks up. It sends leaves scurrying for cover until a softer breeze blows through, settling them down again as if to say, Shhh,… — Libba Bray
Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gold was not sure of many things, but he was definite about one: for every successful person he knew, he could name at least two… — Joseph Heller
Just remember, Callum when youâ€™re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further… — Malorie Blackman
All the higher life forms scythed away, just like that. [ . . . ] Nothing but dust and fundamentalists. — Terry Pratchett
There is no life higher than the grasstops — Sylvia Plath
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must… — Robert A. Heinlein
Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, "Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more." Ah! seest… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death… — Jerry Seinfeld
We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to the swings and… — Audrey Niffenegger
Think higher, feel deeper. — Elie Wiesel

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