Lofty Quotes

214 quotes by 190 authors

But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned between theory and… — Nicholas Metropolis
A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. — Shmuel Niger
He is lofty, and I am eminent. — Gough Whitlam
It is by translating your fine sense of aspiration into actual lofty deeds that you grow toward your ideal. Link your lofty thoughts to earnest,… — Grenville Kleiser
Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We… — Julia Cameron
Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action, and… — Mary Baker Eddy
Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When… — Patti Smith
I wish I could recall with clarity the impulse that compelled me to help bring this camp into being. I'd be pleased if I could… — Paul Newman
The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the whole universe on… — Hans Arp
As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The Book of Mormon'… — Andrew Rannells
Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of the dirt. — Barbara Kingsolver
It is horrible! It is not the suffering and the death of the animals that is horrible, but the fact that the man without any… — Leo Tolstoy
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… — Michelangelo
Doomed Lord's Passing. For the mind of man alone is free to explore the lofty vastness of the cosmic infinite, to transcend ordinary consciousness, to… — Michael Moorcock
It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode of… — Muhammad
[Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial… — Peter Senge
"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly… — Patricia Aburdene
The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic,… — Bertrand Russell
Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out;… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. — Helen Keller

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