Rise Quotes

The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in that they rarely rise above disappointment.

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible

You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.

Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.

Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

How we survive, is what makes us who we are.

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.

[I provoke] the system [to] show its true face ... so that through its own acts of terrorism ... the masses will rise against it.

It's not the end that I fear with each breath- It's life that scares me to death.

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

The true poet, is like a man who's happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he's allowed to look at leaves and grass, to see the sun rise and set.

You can never rise above the light you look up to.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most

I know that isn't always easy and that there is self-harm in the world. Sometimes it's hard for people to rise above things.

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

The sun rises at midnight.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Unfortunately, I have realized that we cannot completely erase all the evil from the world, but we can change the way we deal with it, we can rise above it and stay strong and true to ourselves.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.

You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.

Whether it's difficult or not, there will be a few people who are outstanding, who will rise above the rest.

And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may livethrough its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO.

I've always felt that complement of opposites: body and soul, solitude and companionship, and in the dance studio, contraction and release, rise and fall.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

Rise above... cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.

No one is an overachiever. How can you rise above your level of competency? Everyone is an underachiever to different degrees. The harder you work, the more luck you will have.

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.

Faith gives me the ability to rise above anything, because what is true in the spiritual realm is forever true. It cannot be denied.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and India.