Higher Quotes

I hate a man who swallows [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.

For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.

No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.

Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.

When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.

...Dream big, reach further, climb higher.

Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.

The higher the hair, the closer to god.

I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.

The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life.

The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than the struggle.

Countries where women have access to professional life are also those where the birth rate is higher.

Willpower is not some mythical force that we either have or don't have. Willpower is our decision to use higher mind thinking instead of lazing around in the clutches of our primal mind.

We need to get out of this fetid pusshole and get to some higher ground.

Faith in the guidance of Spirit gives you the courage to take risks, because you're assured that whatever happens, a Higher Power is on your side and you will survive.

Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.

Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.

I've always liked dressing up. And I love a high heel - the higher the better. I just feel funny in flats.

I'm an agnosto-theist. I cross myself on airplanes. I pray when I'm sick. When you're sick I'll keep you in my thoughts; when I'm sick, I'm entreating a higher power.

For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting.

I am inclined to think that nothing could matter more than what people love. At any rate, I can think of no value that I would place higher. I would not want to live in a world without love.

Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.

The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

Explore this next great frontier where the boundaries between work and higher purpose are merging into one, where doing good really is good for business.

The soul's a sort of sentimental wife, That prays and whimpers of the higher life.

We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside

We're the same! Even Sonya says we are. We've always been the same, and we're both acting the same stupid way now! We hold ourselves to higher standards than everyone else.

There's a new tribunal now higher than God's -The educated man's!

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher

Aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.

He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal.

I think that as the market moves and costs get higher and fares get higher, it always creates opportunity. That's been the cycle over the years.

When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.

It is music that speaks to the deepest reaches of your soul, and you are lifted higher, ever higher, by the adagio, in my opinion more so even than in any of the masses that Beethoven composed.

It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.

One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher truth-and never from error to truth.

To believe that mind is all, that thought is all is only a higher materialism.