Lofty Quotes

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

A lofty sense of independence is, in man, the best privilege of his nature.

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.

Have the courage to analyze great emotions to create characters who shall be lofty and true. The whole art of the analytical novel lies there.

It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.

Steadfast Seas and MountainsThe lofty mountains and the seas, Being mountains, being seas, Both exist and are real. But frail as flowers are the lives of men, Passing phantoms of this world.

Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.

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 quit my paper round and that was about it.

Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

Now the time is come, That France must veil her lofty-plumed crest, And let her head fall into England's lap.

Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea, Breasting the lofty surge

Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so people may be able to follow.