Higher Quotes

2933 quotes by 1937 authors

We know â€“ it has been measured in many experiments â€“ that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve… — Jonathan Sacks
There is no getting around the fact that the moment you are at your very best is the moment you begin to become worse and… — Charlie Higson
His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well, Sadie," Inspector Williams… — Rick Riordan
If there were no internal propensity to unite, even at a prodigiously rudimentary level â€” indeed in the molecule itself â€” it would be physically… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Out of the night Hopper came, and Perrin was one with the wolf. Hopper, the cub who had watched the eagles soar, and wanted so… — Robert Jordan
Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the… — James A. Baldwin
If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle… — Peter Singer
I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the… — Ingrid Betancourt
All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage. — Cormac McCarthy
One of the heavy marble busts that lined the higher shelves had slid free and was falling toward her; she ducked out of its way,… — Cassandra Clare
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is… — Kristin Cashore
The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back. — Chuck Palahniuk
You would think there is a higher bar than having a Facebook page to run for president. — Bill Maher
In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards. — Stephen Colbert
something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away,… — Rick Riordan
Jack was mid-jump when I burst into my room. I snatched his ankle,flipping him horizontal.He crashed down hard to my bed and rolled off onto… — Kiersten White
For there was a conspiracy of dullness in the world, a universal plan to shut out the resurgences of spirit which might interfere with clockwork.… — Tennessee Williams
When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I canâ€™t think of a higher honor… — Roberto Bolano
So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good… — Sharon Shinn

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