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Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on… — Barack Obama
This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the… — John Podhoretz
There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long… — Edith Wharton
Rise above principal and do what's right. — Joseph Heller
I now believe that the only way in which Americans can rise above their ordinariness, can mature sufficiently to rescue themselves and to help rescue… — Kurt Vonnegut
One challenge of our adventure on earth is to rise above dead systems...wars, nations, destructions...to refuse to be a part of them, and express the… — Richard Bach
Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship… — David O. McKay
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’. — John Burroughs
Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us and play their… — Kent Nerburn
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage — Rick Riordan
So what about me? Would I always have to find a high horse? The moral relish, the rising above, the being in the right, which… — Alice Munro
Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174 — Tom Robbins
Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional. — Vladimir Nabokov
Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With God’s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the… — Marvin J. Ashton
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity.… — Robin Hobb
Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that ensures justice and… — Mark Helprin
Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character. — John C. Maxwell
It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But... We don't have to let those fears stop us.… — Natsuki Takaya
Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful… — Steve Wozniak
If I had lady-spider legs, I would weave a sky where the stars lined up. Matresses would be tied down tight to their trucks, bodies… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and… — Sivananda
An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and… — Sivananda
Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don't always get things right.… — Brandon Mull
You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief, but rather when… — Khalil Gibran

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