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Quotes About Uplifting

No problem, baba,' he grinned, raising his eyes to the sky for a moment. 'Ooperwale.' The word he'd used was a reference to God, and one of my favourites. More often used in the singular, Ooperwala, it could be roughly translated as The Person Upstairs. Used in the plural, the term meant The People Upstairs.
~ Gregory David Roberts
There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.
~ Gregory Maguire
There is a need for a vision that's compelling and uplifting, especially in a time when people are worried. At the same time, in this era, hard work and lofty rhetoric are not going to compel you to the presidency.
~ Jeff Fortenberry
You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything.
~ Melanie Griffith
It is incumbent on the media industry to discourage the glorification of media violence. It is also incumbent on consumers who love America to support this effort with selective patronage campaigns to encourage media that provides uplifting content and to boycott the worst offenders, if necessary.
~ Bernice King
The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.
~ June Allyson
When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.
~ Jimi Hendrix
I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.
~ Shahrukh Khan
I kind of like it up here, Kugel said. It's got a certain fatalistic charm, a certain je ne sais fucked.
~ Shalom Auslander
I found the experiences that I had with sexuality were wonderful, they were very uplifting - we had a good time - and they didn't seem to affect the level of my mediation.
~ Frederick Lenz
Spend time all day and all night monitoring your thoughts, constantly keeping them in a high plateau. Avoid places and people that pull your energy down.
~ Frederick Lenz
The place is built around it. The statue of a naked woman. If you understand the building, you understand what the figure must be. The human spirit. The heroic in man. The aspiration and the fulfillment, both. Uplifted in its quest - and uplifting by its own essence. Seeking God - and finding itself.
~ Ayn Rand
In their heroic efforts—going door-to-door to register voters, sitting down at lunch counters, and marching to freedom songs—I saw the possibility of practicing the values my mother had taught me; how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody.
~ Barack Obama
I saw the possibility of practicing the values my mother had taught me; how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody.
~ Barack Obama
I love Thieves, it is therapeutic, if you're not feeling well. It has a very strong scent but is quite wonderful. I also use lavender. Peppermint, when my stomach is upset.
~ Donna Karan
I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.
~ Whitney Houston
The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.
~ Ernst Junger
Ezar25e is a great person.
~ Eva Schloss
I didn't want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I'm always moving around. I wanted something to cheer me up.
~ Alice Merton
I love the word 'fantastic'. It represents how I always feel.
~ Rolf Harris
I don't feel the need to say hurtful comments true or not to someone and try to bring them down. There is no good that can come out of that, nothing positive.
~ Kim Zolciak-Biermann
I came from the bottom, from nothing. To a man who has nothing in his life, imagine what it's like to be hoisted on someone's shoulders.
~ Milkha Singh
Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul).
~ Berlin Royal Library
My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.
~ Carson Kressley