Rising Quotes

• The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Success, Failure

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• Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former self turns into gold-is one of the highest callings of life. Pain can burn you up and destroy you, or burn you up and redeem you. It can deliver you to an entrenched despair, or deliver you to your higher self. At midlife we decide, consciously or unconsciously, the path of the victim or the path of the phoenix when it is rising up at last.

  Marianne Williamson

  Pain, Self, Phoenix

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.74, ReadHowYouWant.com

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.

  Paul Krugman

  Inequality

  "Knowledge Isn’t Power" by Paul Krugman, www.nytimes.com. February 23, 2015.

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• Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women employed, and their number is rising faster than the number of men in the labor force.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Economy Today, Labor Force

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

  Nathanael Greene

  Art, Military, War

  Nathanael Greene, Richard K. Showman (2005). “The Papers of General Nathanael Greene”, University of North Carolina Press

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• Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Inspirational, Moving On, Spiritual

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• Hate brings me to my knees, love gets me on my feet.

  Andre Agassi

  Love, Inspirational, Hate

  Twitter post from Apr 08, 2015

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• The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Angel, Moon, Night

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Harvard University Press

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• Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

  Jesse Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

  Suzanne Weyn

  Inspirational, Life, Occasions

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• If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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• If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Angel, Men, Devil

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1854). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions”, p.487

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• Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

  John Calvin

  Wings, Soul, World

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• All that has been hidden is rising, there is no stopping it! These things you cannot hide: the sun, the moon, and TRUTH.

  Gautama Buddha

  Moon, Stopping, Sun

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• You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

  Thomas Paine

  Fear, Police, Complaining

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• You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.

  Alfred Wainwright

  Inspirational, Motivational, Destiny

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  In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

  Dick Gregory

  Country, America, Evil

  Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte (1990). “Nigger”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.

  Pam Muñoz Ryan

  Phoenix, New Life, Said

  Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.

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• They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.

  Bobby Sands

  Freedom, Heart, Army

  Bobby Sands (1998). “Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison”, Mercier PressLtd

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• It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down

  Carl Brashear

  Motivational, Perseverance, Persistence

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• Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Sports, Determination

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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  If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

  Jesse Jackson

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  "Q&A: The Rev Jesse Jackson". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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• May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Nature, Adventure

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.12, University of Arizona Press

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• Indeed, if I understand this global-warming business correctly, the danger is that the waters will rise and drown the whole of Massachusetts, New York City, Long Island, the California coast and a few big cities on the Great Lakes - in other words, every Democratic enclave will be wiped out leaving only the solid Republican heartland. Politically speaking, for conservatives there's no downside to global warming.

  Mark Steyn

  New York, Business, California

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