Raises Quotes - Page 16

• A child gets sick with a chronic disease of unhappiness not from unhappy circumstances but from unhappy people around him. Unhappy people cannot raise happy children; it's impossible.

  Simon Soloveychik

  Children, Sick, People

  Simon Soloveychik (2010). “Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?”, p.30, Aigul Aubanova

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• There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

  Andrew Schneider

  Purpose, World, Mud

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• When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

  Marcel Achard

  Funny, Humor, People

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• I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

  Kate Smith

  Groups, Motive

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• All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what kind, drowning themselves in a lack of moderation, raising a glass to lower inhibitions, imbibing spirits to raise their own.

  Monique Truong

  Glasses, Vintage, People

  Monique Truong (2004). “The Book of Salt: A Novel”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.

  Christopher Buckley

  Vacancy, Temperature, Court

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• I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word.

  John Nelson Darby

  Teacher, Church, Desire

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• There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

  Edward Alsworth Ross

  Careers, May, Hell

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• We only get what we believe that we deserve. Raise the bar, raise your standards and you will receive a better outcome.

  Joel Brown

  Believe, Bars, Outcomes

  Twitter post from Mar 10, 2017

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• Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.

  Derek Sivers

  Decision, Customers

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.18, Penguin

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• There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other way can true joy be found.

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Men, True Joy, Purpose

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• Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years.

  Christopher Dodd

  Senior, Independent, Years

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• Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot

  Helping Others, Inspire, Trying

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1890). “Ordination Addresses and Counsels to Clergy”

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• Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

  Elizabeth Janeway

  Growing Up, Animal, Connections

  Elizabeth Janeway (1982). “Cross sections from a decade of change”, William Morrow & Co

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• The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women.

  Alice Paul

  Party, Race, Program

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• Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.

  Pete Wentz

  Names, Perfect, Nurture

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• Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

  Bear Grylls

  Strong, Ego, Enough

  Bear Grylls (2012). “A Survival Guide for Life”, p.152, Random House

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• High heels can literally raise your
  status because you're taller when you wear them.

  Helen Fisher

  High Heels, Heels

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• I reckon that’s the risk you run, letting somebody else raise you chilluns.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Running, Risk

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.12, Penguin

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• I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.

  Beth Henley

  Theatre

  "Expressing "The Misery and Confusion Truthfully": An Interview with Beth Henley". "American Drama" Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005.

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• The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as play—a happy opportunity to master practical skills, to raise questions, experiment, and explore.

  Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  Inspirational, Happy, Buddhist

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• If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

  Thomas Bulfinch

  Helping, Claims, Mythology

  Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then you know someone came by and put it there. In the same way, God gives leadership according to His good pleasure.

  Matt Chandler

  Turtles, Fence Post, Giving

  Matt Chandler, Eric Geiger, Josh Patterson (2012). “Creature of the Word”, p.176, B&H Publishing Group

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• Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.

  Randy Alcorn

  Jesus, Jobs, Sex

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Heaven”, p.160, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The opportunities for using our financial resources to spread the gospel and strengthen the church all over the world are greater than they've ever been. As God raised up Esther for just such a time as hers, I'm convinced he's raise us up, with all our wealth, to help fulfill the great commission. The question is, what are we doing with that money? Our job is to make sure it gets to his intended recipients.

  Randy Alcorn

  Jobs, Opportunity, Church

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Money, Possessions, and Eternity”, p.377, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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