Quotes About Above

Ever since the commercial smash that was 'The Full Monty', we've always made films about underdogs. It's something that embodies Britishness and that sense of community and people punching above their weight.

How shall a society remember its miners underground while it cannot even remember its homeless above ground?

I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead,--dead in trespasses and sin of blear-eyed vanity.

in Philippians 2:9-11, Jesus' exaltation by "God" even involves him being given "the name that is above every name" (NRSV) and being designated as the one whom all of creation is to acclaim as "Lord.

who feared God, but not death … who thought none below him but the base and unjust, none above him but the wise and virtuous'.

Martin put his hands in his pockets and whistled when he had retorted on the driver; thus giving him to understand that he didn't care a pin for Fortune; that he was above pretending to be her favourite when he was not; and that he snapped his fingers at her, the driver, and everybody else.

Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a most resolute way.

But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.

But where says some is the King of America? I'll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havock of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.

Duck quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.

But English history has demonstrated well enough how the assertion of divine inspiration from above evokes the counterassertion of divine inspiration from below, and Charles I mounted the scaffold by virtue of divine inspiration from below.

Religion! Is what you hear at church religion? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature? No! When I look for religion, I must look for something above me, and not something beneath.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure defeat.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

Let him who elevates himself above humanity say, if he pleases, I never will compromise; but, let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

A window within the soul to see Light and Magick I send with thee Be strong, be brave, make the right choice Though Darkness shouts with a terrible voice Know that I am watching from above And that always, always, the answer is love!

Above the wrist? Or below the wrist?

Sull'acqua, sotto il mare, in alto nel bosco sarai. Fidati del tuo istinto, nel mare; riporta a me il tuo tesoro. Se lo troverai, come dovresti, viaggerai, giorno e notte. Appena lo vedrai, lo saprai, come sopra così sotto. Quando lo avrai afferrato, sarai pronto ad attraversare il mare.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

For everything that comes is a gift, the meaning always carried out of sight to renew our whereabouts, always a starting place. And every gift is perfect in its beginning, for it is "from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights.

Defining moments rise above the everyday. They provoke not just transient happiness, like laughing at a friend's joke, but memorable delight.