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

  Lynn Hill

  Leadership, Journey, Consistency

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

  Cyrano de Bergerac

  Single, Hiking, Working Alone

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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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• 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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• 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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• It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.

  Leo Tolstoy

  People, Meaning Of Life, Majority

  "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy, April 30.

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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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• 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 mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Greatness, Mind, Height

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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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• 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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• We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience.

  Steven Weber

  War, Distance, Fighting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

  Brad Henry

  Family, Inspiration, Comfort

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• Whatever be the complex situations, the Indian team under Ganguly has moved to great heights. The fact of the matter is that Ganguly is determined to stay focused.

  Brett Lee

  Team, Height, Matter

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• It makes one’s head heavy and giddy, as if one were not looking back down the receding perspectives of time but rather down on the earth from a great height, from one of those towers whose tops are lost to view in the clouds

  W. G. Sebald

  Clouds, Views, Perspective

  W. G. Sebald (2016). “The Emigrants”, p.89, New Directions Publishing

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• Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

  Eddie Izzard

  Boys, People, Singing

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• If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs.  If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

  Andy Andrews

  Motivational, Friendship, Eagles

  Andy Andrews (2004). “The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights.

  Narendra Modi

  Motivation, Blessed, Skills

  Twitter post from Jun 8, 2014

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• The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

  Franz Kafka

  Spiritual, People, Rope

  Franz Kafka (1979). “The Basic Kafka”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

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• My biggest fear, I think falling from a great height. If I want to keep myself awake at night I imagine I'm on the top of the North or South Tower in 9/11, wondering whether I'm going to be burnt to death or I'm going to jump. And I think I would burn to death. And yet I'm impressed by the fact that hundreds didn't.

  Ian Mcewan

  Fall, Night, Thinking

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Meditation ... must be power of will and strength of attention, being like a flight to great heights wherein wings must be plied hard though joyfully.

  James Vila Blake

  Wings, Meditation, Attention

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