Higher Quotes

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In the many trials of life, when we feel abandoned and when sorrow, sin, disappointment, failure, and weakness make us less than we should ever… — James E. Faust
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before… — Sun Tzu
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Of higher value than any one leader is the cause. — William Safire
Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia: that they can be indulged in… — Aldous Huxley
To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard. — Wes Fesler
There's a new tribunal now higher than God's -The educated man's! — Robert Browning
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their… — Aristotle
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity… — Oscar Wilde
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself… — Henry David Thoreau
Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's… — Michael Mullen
The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by attaching itself to… — Charles Horton Cooley
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper… — Charles Dudley Warner
As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings,… — Nan Fairbrother
Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a… — Lin Yutang
The higher the rope, the more thrilling it is to climb. — Michelle Gibson
There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier. — Darrell Royal
To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have not possessed enough… — Humphry Davy
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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