Great Heights Quotes

• We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Small Steps, Height

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• 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 night.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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  I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

  Cyrano de Bergerac

  Single, Hiking, Working Alone

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• It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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• When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained.

  Lynn Hill

  Leadership, Journey, Consistency

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• The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us.

  Kerri Strug

  Height, Soar

  Kerri Strug (1996). “Heart of Gold”, p.41, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• It is in meeting the great tests that mankind can most successfully rise to great heights. Out of danger and restless insecurity comes the force that pushes mankind to newer and loftier conquests.

  Isaac Asimov

  Insecurity, Height, Tests

  Isaac Asimov (2010). “The End of Eternity”, p.246, Macmillan

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• Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall from a great height, there is only one possible place to land: on the ground-the ground of truth. And if you have the understanding that comes from spiritual practice, then falling is in no way a disaster, but the discovery of an inner refuge.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Spiritual, Fall, Loss

  FaceBook post by Sogyal Rinpoche from Jul 24, 2015

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• But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Moving, People, Needs

  Elizabeth Wein (2013). “Rose Under Fire”, p.198, Egmont UK

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• Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph. . . . Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Faith, Fall, Sleep

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• The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

  Edward Burnett Tylor

  Rocks, Sea, Mexico

  Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.27

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• The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Greatness, Mind, Height

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• To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression exists, an awareness that the victim has fallen from a great height of glory or promise into the present depths; secondly, the victim must know who the enemy is. He must know his oppressor's real name, not an alias, a pseudonym, or a nom de plume!

  Chinua Achebe

  Real, Mean, Names

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “The Education of a British-Protected Child”, p.67, Penguin UK

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• "Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?" William asked me, looking down from his great height.

  Umberto Eco

  Life, Home, Height

  Umberto Eco (1995). “Name of the Rose”, p.167, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Let us each day search from the scriptures and from the prophets…. The scriptures that are never read will never help us. If read, the words of God will nourish our souls and carry us to great heights in our endeavors.

  L. Tom Perry

  Soul, Each Day, Height

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• Again, men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if we follow that advice we shall have to close our Bible and desert its teachings. The New Testament is a polemic book almost from beginning to end ... It is when men have felt compelled to take a stand against error that they have risen to the really great heights in the celebration of the truth

  John Gresham Machen

  Book, Teaching, Men

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• For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

  Henry Rollins

  New Year, Years, Height

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• He loved the extensive vaults where you could hear the night birds and the sea breeze; he loved the craggy ruins bound together by ivy, those dark halls, and any appearance of death and destruction. Having fallen so far from so high a position, he loved anything that had also fallen from a great height

  Gustave Flaubert

  Dark, Night, Sea Breeze

  Gustave Flaubert (1991). “Early Writings”, p.56, U of Nebraska Press

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be an unbearable burden or weakness. The Lord knows your circumstances and your challenges. He said to Paul and to all of us, 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' And like Paul we can answer: 'My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me'(2 Corinthinans 12:9)".

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Perfect, Grace

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• Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

  Jodi Picoult

  Fall, Eggs, Height

  "Salem Falls". Book by Jodi Picoult (Page 112), www.huffingtonpost.com. 2001.

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• I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Moving, Winning, Mountain

  Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “Animal Dreams: A Novel”, p.36, Harper Collins

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• In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

  Dennis Lehane

  Fall, Greek, Tragedy

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• The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more will be the need for engineers in field armies; in the late war there were never enough Sappers at any time. Their special tasks involved the upkeep and repair of communications; roads, bridges, railways, canals, mine sweeping. The Sappers rose to great heights in World War II and their contribution to victory was beyond all calculations.

  Bernard Law Montgomery

  War, Lying, Communication

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• I was shown a fledgling learning to fly. It's first efforts were very feeble. But as it used its wings more and more, they became stronger until it found the freedom of flight and was able to soar to great heights and fly great distance without any effort. I heard the words: Faith comes with practice. Live by faith until it becomes rocklike unshakable, and find the true freedom of the spirit.

  Eileen Caddy

  Spiritual, Distance, Practice

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• Without great mountains we cannot reach great heights.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Mountain, Height

  Richard Paul Evans (2014). “Richard Paul Evans: The Complete Walk Series eBook Boxed Set: The Walk, Miles to Go, Road to Grace, Step of Faith, Walking on Water”, p.504, Simon and Schuster

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