Upward Quotes

271 Upward quotes by 229 unique authors

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious. — Carl Jung
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin. — Madeleine M. Kunin
The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal… — Madeleine M. Kunin
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed by… — Elon Musk
We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward. — Dan Quayle
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. — Paul Ryan
We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency… — Paul Ryan
We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility. — Paul Ryan
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. — Carl Sandburg
The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government. — George Will
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North! — C.S. Lewis
Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? — Dante Alighieri
That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage for dirty sores. But they don’t know it. Those who… — Ayn Rand
Interior of the hand. Sole that has come to walk only on feelings. That faces upward and in its mirror receives heavenly roads, which travel… — Rainer Maria Rilke
She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. — Neil Gaiman
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities.… — H. P. Blavatsky
So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it,… — George Leigh Mallory
But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last… — Shane Claiborne
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage. — Stephen Colbert
I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good… — Nicholas Sparks
The column hung above the middle of the pentacle, bubbling ever upward against the ceiling like the cloud of an erupting volcanoe. There was a… — Jonathan Stroud

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