Lofty Quotes

214 quotes by 190 authors

The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from their original condition;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian. — Emma Goldman
I was thrust into a really lofty, enviable, but isolated position with 'Princess Diaries' in that I could carry a film before I really knew… — Anne Hathaway
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names… — William Hazlitt
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well… — Victor Hugo
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes
Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about. — Rush Limbaugh
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals. — James Naismith
Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. — Peace Pilgrim
As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just wanted to someday… — Ryan Reynolds
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. — Linus Torvalds
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. — Leonardo da Vinci
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. — Thornton Wilder
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter… — Charles Dickens
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. — John Ruskin
Here's my advice to you: don't marry until you can tell yourself that you've done all you could, and until you've stopped loving the women… — Leo Tolstoy
If an intelligent, educated, and healthy man begins to complain of his lot and go down-hill, there is nothing for him to do but to… — Anton Chekhov
I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked… — Alice Munro

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