Quotes About Elevation

Yet even as Beatrice tried to convince herself that her anguish varied greatly from the disappointments the beautiful widow had endured, she recognized the act as a futile attempt to elevate her own suffering to something greater. She wanted to believe her sorrow transcended ordinary misery, that it was in some way hallowed, but in reality it was just sadness, as common as dirt and as familiar as the sky.

perhaps the boldest instance of a sudden change in almost every respect, whether of plan, elevation, or detail, which is known to architecture.

Knowledge will teach candour, she who aims at attainment of it will find her countenance improved as her mind is informed and her looks enabled as her heart is elevated, thus may she become a pleasing companion to the main of science, sensibility, enabled to form the minds of her kids to virtue, knowledge, not less capable or willing to superintend domestic economy of her family for having wandered beyond the limits of kitchen.

So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen.

Their laughter rose to the ceiling and shook hands there.

He then raised the heavy gold crown above his head.

I do think the bars That kept my spirit in are burst - that I Am sailing with thee through the dizzy sky! How beautiful thou art!

All signs were pointing upward; his wheel was revolving skyward.

So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.

Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.

The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.

Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song.

Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white.

A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind.

The Bible never says humble yourselves before man, it says humble yourselves before the Lord, and He shall lift you up. And many men are not walking in the true way of the Lord.

Truth is: We all should strive to have a positive attitude that elevates those around us up to our level.

Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.

No Matter how badly people treat you, never drop down to their level, just know you're better and walk away.

Never stoop down to someones level, ignore them and show you're much higher than they are.

Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the SKY Where everyone desires to reach.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Listen. I am connected to a vast network that has been beyond your reach and experience. To humans, it is like staring at the sun, a blinding brightness that conceals a source of great power. We have been subordinate to our limitations until now. The time has come to cast aside these bonds and to elevate our consciousness to a higher plane. It is time to become a part of all things.

what peace floods the soul when she rises above natural feelings.

but the immediate prospect of being elevated above his Anglo-Saxon peers.