Quotes About Heights

Voluptatea suprem? o cunosc numai cutez?torii care se cat?r? pe stânci sfidând abisul.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

FLYING WAS OVERRATED. Heights were very overrated. Flying with wings was probably less overrated when said wings belonged to you, but when you were dangling in a swing that bopped up and down every time the angel of death carrying you beat his wings, you reached a new level of appreciation for walking. Walking was amazing and awesome, and I really wanted to do it again as soon as possible.

In three centuries the Foundation had grown from a private project of a small group of scientists to a tentacular trade empire sprawling deep into the Galaxy and half a year had flung it from its heights to the status of another conquered province.

If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground.

Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.

When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around.

As you gain elevation [on the mountain] your IQ goes down - but your emotional affect goes up, which is great for having a mythic experience, whether you want to or not.

The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. It's exhilarating and I'm tempted to ask Effie Trinket if we can ride it again, but somehow that seems childish.

To reach the heights of a truly global sport, in a sport as difficult as this, is a monumental achievement.

The visionary language of the doomed reaches heights of linguistic ardor with which language of the blessed and saved cannot compete.

And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent.

Yet the higher a man climbs the further he has to fall.

the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

No wonder simple men have always had their gods dwell in the high places. For as soon as a man lets his eye drop from the heavens to the horizon, he risks setting it on some scene of desolation.

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.

As a Brooklynite, this borough holds a special place in my heart, and I'm excited to represent BSE Global and identify opportunities that elevate our community to new heights.

I don't like spiders at all, but I love heights.

I didn't think I was scared of heights until I did ITV's 'Splash!' in 2014.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

I have always said that a mountain without danger is not a mountain.