Rise Above Quotes

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  Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

  Nelson Mandela

  Success, Independent, Passionate

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.112, Pan Macmillan

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• Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

  Nancy Lopez

  Fear, Positivity, Doubting Everything

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• An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Greatness, Diversity

  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2017). “The Measure of a Man”, p.18, Pickle Partners Publishing

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  Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

  Washington Irving

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.181, Penguin

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• Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you’ve been searching for.

  Lindsey Stirling

  Inspiration, World, Starting

  FaceBook post by Lindsey Stirling from Mar 14, 2014

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• I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.

  Nick Vujicic

  Attitude, Challenges, May

  Nick Vujicic (2010). “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life”, p.93, WaterBrook

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• Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.

  Mario Fernandez

  Life, Inspiration, Adversity

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• It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

  Georges Bernanos

  Pride, Order, Excellence

  Georges Bernanos, Rémy Rougeau (2002). “The Diary of a Country Priest”, p.224, Da Capo Press

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• You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

  Hafez

  Inspirational, Obstacles

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• We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

  Booker T. Washington

  Ignorance, Clouds, Selfishness

  Booker T. Washington (1972). “Papers: The Autobiographical Writings”, p.96, University of Illinois Press

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• Rise above oneself and grasp the world.

  Archimedes

  World, Oneself

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• When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

  Carly Fiorina

  Ideas, People, Challenges

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• To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

  Michael Korda

  Success, Failure, Acceptance

  "Success!". Book by Michael Korda, 1977.

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• It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

  Mike Huckabee

  Opportunity, Expectations, People

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• If you will not rise above the things of this world, they will rise above you.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  World, This World, Ifs

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• That person who is the hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons. When you love yourself enough to rise above the old situation, then understanding and forgiveness will be easy. And you'll be free.

  Louise Hay

  Love You, Understanding, Forgiving

  Louise Hay (2011). “21 Days to Master Affirmations”, p.46, Hay House, Inc

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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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  There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

  Tim McGraw

  Inspirational, Trouble, Handful

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• Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

  Harvey Mackay

  Levels, Rewards, Fields

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• All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Depressing

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• Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Oil, Water

  Miguel de Cervantes (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)”, p.1102, Delphi Classics

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• One challenge of our adventure on earth is to rise above dead systems...wars, nations, destructions...to refuse to be a part of them, and express the highest selves we know how to be.

  Richard Bach

  War, Adventure, Self

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• We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Limitation

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