Rise Above Quotes - Page 2

• Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Creating, Imagination, Groups

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• We still have it in our power to rise above the fears, imagined and real, and to shoulder the great burdens which destiny has placed upon us, not for our country alone, but for the benefit of all the world. That is the only destiny worthy of America.

  Helen Keller

  Country, Real, Destiny

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• The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Earth

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• If you breathed deep and set your mind to it, you could rise above your anger.

  Lauren Myracle

  Mind, Ifs

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• Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Greatness, Men, Tests

  Orison Swett Marden (1910). “Getting on”

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• Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

  Socrates

  Airplane, Men, Flying

  Quoted in Brugioni, From Balloons to Blackbirds (1993).

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• You must rise above
  The gloomy clouds
  Covering the mountaintop
  Otherwise, how will you
  Ever see the brightness?

  Ryokan Taigu

  Clouds, Covering, Brightness

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  There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Hero, Patriotic, Bravery

  Alexander Hamilton, Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark (2006). “Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder”, p.87, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  God, Childhood, Unhappy

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• Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With God’s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the depressing present or difficult circumstances. It is a process of positive reassurance and reinforcement. It is sunshine when clouds block the light.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Depressing, Cheer, Block

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• We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174

  Tom Robbins

  Mediocrity, Stakes

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• Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don't always get things right. Even postponing or avoiding a decision can become a choice that carries heavy consequences. Mistakes can be painful-sometimes they cause irrevocable harm-but welcome to Earth. Poor choices are part of growing up, and part of life. You will make bad choices, and you will be affected by the poor choices of others. We must rise above such things.

  Brandon Mull

  Growing Up, Mistake, Choices

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• Doubt is probably the biggest obstacle to overcome. Once you rise above doubt, you are on your way to success.

  Theo Rossi

  Doubt, Overcoming, Way

  "ORIGIN Interview: Sons of Anarchy Actor Theo Rossi". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.

  John W. Gardner

  Attitude, Integrity, People

  "The Recovery of Confidence".

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• You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.

  Joel Osteen

  Fighting, Battle, Critics

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• The talkers are rising above the thinkers.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Talking, Rising, Thinker

  "The Lacuna". Book by Barbara Kingsolver, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2009.

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• If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Walden ch. 18 (1854)

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• Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

  Mason Cooley

  Inspirational, Compassion, Caregivers

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• You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Song: Tunnel Of Love, Album: Tunnel Of Love, 1987

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• It is important to rise above rationalizations and make the best choices.

  Quentin L. Cook

  Choices, Important

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• You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Life Lesson, People, Drowning

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• It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Self, Wish, Superiority

  Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Julia Ward Howe, Maud Howe Elliott, Florence Marion Howe Hall (1970). “Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910”

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• There is in man a conscience which outlives the sensations the sensations, resolutions, and emotions of the hour, and rises above them all.

  Edward Thomson

  Men, Emotion, Hours

  Edward Thomson (1872). “Evidences of Revealed Religion”, p.105

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• The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

  John C. Maxwell

  Effectiveness, Influence, Ability

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.5, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and then try again.

  Dee Hock

  Motivational, Success, Thinking

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