Uplifting Quotes - Page 27

• The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

  Nelson Mandela

  Stories, African Music, Curious

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• Music is my catharsis for that. It's an incredible blessing that I have this way of expressing myself through music and lyric, and I'm so grateful for that in moments of pain or of suffering - that I have this means of channeling it; it's really amazing. My band as well - having them around and being able to jump on stage and bond together and share that energy is really uplifting as well.

  Kimbra

  Pain, Grateful, Mean

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The aim of poetry, it appears, is to fill the mind with lofty thoughts--not to give it joy, but to give it a grand and somewhat gaudy sense of virtue. The essay is a weapon against the degenerate tendencies of the age. The novel, properly conceived, is a means of uplifting the spirit; its aim is to inspire, not merely to satisfy the low curiosity of man in man.

  H. L. Mencken

  Mean, Men, Giving

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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• It's not that people like sad movies that make us feel like, "Oh, my god, what a bummer." We like emotionally moving experiences, where you feel like a slightly different person and you see the world a little different, after you finish. It lets you see your own life, in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good. And even though there might be sad content making this happen, the feeling that you're left with is one that is quite good, quite hopeful, clarifying and uplifting.

  Gayle Forman

  Moving, People, Hopeful

  Source: collider.com

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• Mechanic slaves
  With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall
  Uplift us to the view.

  William Shakespeare

  Views, Hammers, Slavery

  William Shakespeare, David Bevington (2005). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.260, Cambridge University Press

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• Okay, here is the uplifting part: Your life isn't and has never been about you....about what you accomplish, how successful you are or are not, how much money you make, what sort of position you ascend to,...or how much good you do for others or the world at large. Your life, like mine, and like everyone else's has always been about one thing: love.

  Zoketsu Norman Fischer

  Successful, World, Accomplish

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• I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised, then their children will, by their noble actions, glorify the name of the Country.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Girl, Country, Children

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• I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others.

  Louise Hay

  Self, Supportive, Self Talk

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Sep 07, 2010

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• Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.

  Bill Vaughan

  Morning, Stars, Prayer

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• I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

  A. J. Jacobs

  Mean, Feel Better, Might

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• Yes, I live in God, and shall eternally. It is His hand upholds me now; and death will be but an uplifting of me into His bosom.

  William Mountford

  Hands, Eternity, Bosoms

  William Mountford (1858). “Enthanasy; Or, Happy Talk Towards the End of Life ...”, p.474

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• My happiness came from learning my purpose, which is to be honest and to share things that normal people probably wouldn't share, in an effort to support and uplift other women. I love that my journey gives other women hope, letting them see how far God can bring a soul.

  Karrine Steffans

  Journey, People, Giving

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• As a collector, you will discover that surrounding yourself with art can enrich not only your visual experiences, but instill a sense of vitality to your life and uplift your soul.

  Ernest West Basden

  Art, Soul, Vitality

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• Love is the impulse which directs the world, And all things know it and obey its power. Man, in the maelstrom of his passions whirled; The bee that takes the pollen to the flower; The earth, uplifting her bare, pulsing breast To fervent kisses of the amorous sun;-- Each but obeys creative Love's behest, Which everywhere instinctively is done.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Love, Flower, Passion

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.553, Delphi Classics

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• Here's an uplifting story. Congratulations to the Little League team from Huntington Beach, California. Yeah, they beat Japan to win the Little League World Series. That's pretty good. See, that proves that when math and science aren't involved, our kids can beat anybody.

  Jay Leno

  Beach, Team, Congratulations

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• In uplifting, get underneath.

  George Ade

  George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.25, Youcanprint

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• The knowledge that unites love and wisdom, that uplifts the spirit is spirituality. The knowledge which gives you a broad vision and a big heart is spirituality.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Heart, Giving, Vision

  "Bang on the Door". Book by Ravi Shankar, 2001.

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• The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

  Booker T. Washington

  Self, Years, Guides

  Booker T. Washington, Louis R. Harlan (1976). “The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1899-1900”, p.347, University of Illinois Press

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• I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather uplifting, actually, since I find the sort of blind optimism and empty laughter of a great deal of "contemporary culture" to be more depressing than something that admits to a potential for disappointment and a gnawing sense of existential mockery.

  Chris Ware

  Depressing, Disappointment, Laughter

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The creation of NIT has ensured some seats for admission in undergraduate courses for students of Arunachal Pradesh, which will bound to uplift economics of locality directly or indirectly and help in enhancing human development index in the state.

  M. M. Pallam Raju

  Development, Helping, Students

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• An uplifting, fat-tastic voyage to self-love, Read My Hips made me realize that I no longer need to be weighed down by constantly judging my body. I devoured this book-it's deliciously inspiring!

  Hillary Carlip

  Book, Self, Judging

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• The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Art, Bored, Giving

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

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• Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its uplifting qualities. They have none of the infernal smugness which makes the lover of the country insupportable.

  Agnes Repplier

  Country, Cities, Quality

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• pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.

  Francoise Sagan

  Military, Pity, Sentiments

  FRANCOISE SAGAN (1955). “BONOUR TRISTESSE”

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• Religion must be life made true; and life is action, growth, development - begun now and ending never. And a life made true cannot confine itself - it must reach out and twine around every pulsing interest within reach of its uplifting tendrils.

  Anna Julia Cooper

  Growth, Development, Action

  Anna Julia Cooper (2016). “A Voice from the South”, p.145, Courier Dover Publications

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