Upward Quotes

271 Upward quotes by 229 unique authors

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him… — Plato
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air beat upward to god's throne… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their… — Wallace D. Wattles
The voice of God is heard from heaven, declaring the day and hour of Jesus' coming, and delivering the everlasting covenant to His people. Like… — Ellen G. White
I just think that humans were created to look upward — Catherine Hicks
The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward — G. Campbell Morgan
Politics moves upward into ethics, and ethics ascends to theology. — Russell Kirk
Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives… — Shawn Achor
The Bible holds up before us ideals that are within sight of the weakest and the lowliest, and yet so high that the best and… — William Jennings Bryan
Finally, if life happened by chance on this earth and evolved upward, then it could seemingly happen elsewhere in the universe. But if, as we… — Dave Hunt
In harvesting of evil deeds, the human race is busy; and doing so is to taste the pangs of Hell . . . The piling… — Milarepa
May your love be firm, and may your dream of life together be a river between two shores - by day bathed in sunlight, and… — James Bertolino
Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at… — Napoleon Hill
In an extreme credit crunch, leveraged purchases of gold cause forced sales, because any price correction triggers margin calls. As a result, gold can be… — Nouriel Roubini
Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility. — Richard St. Barbe Baker
In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. — Max Lucado
You cannot rise about your words. A lot of people use foul, pornographic, filthy, language and you SEE, all of those words paint pictures and… — Zig Ziglar
America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex. — Arianna Huffington
You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or… — Oprah Winfrey
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward. — Drew Houston
The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward to… — J. D. Greear
...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor enduring unless they… — John Cassian
The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we are capable of… — Pope Dionysius
One attribute of the human being is the potential to keep on growing, to keep on developing. And I think there's room in each of… — William Segal
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will… — Mary Church Terrell

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