Above Quotes - page 2

It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party. (Franz von Papen)
Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind. View quote
Thomas Carlyle
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. View quote
Montesquieu
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. View quote
Henry Ward Beecher
Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself. View quote
Jean Anouilh
If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that. View quote
Ursula K. Le Guin
Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics. View quote
G. H. Hardy
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station. View quote
William Gibson
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. View quote
Livy
Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar. View quote
J. Edgar Hoover
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! (Thomas Ken)
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished. View quote
Og Mandino
The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object. View quote
Pierre Bonnard
Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. View quote
James Baldwin
Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. View quote
Gregory Bateson
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but, above all, the power of going out of one's self and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. View quote
Thomas Hughes
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. View quote
Isaac Asimov
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. View quote
Vladimir Nabokov
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky. View quote
Lewis Carroll
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours. (Charles Caleb Colton)
I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him! View quote
Miley Cyrus
Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here. View quote
Golda Meir
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson