Quotes About Grounded

If you have no philosophical ground for your work, you have no place to stand from which to make decisions. Ethical ones, moral ones.

People aren't made to float through the air. Unless we know the weight of our bodies, unless we feel the force of gravity, we'll forget what we are, we'll lose ourselves without even noticing.

Of course my flesh reaches for the earth. That is where it belongs.

Some of us worry, though, about living a life that's so grounded on handouts. Idleness leads to trouble. We're seeing more alcohol. Our kids are using more drugs." Hugo

his celebrated theory of 'Forms'—eternal, nonphysical, quintessentially unitary entities, knowledge of which is attainable by abstract and theoretical thought, standing immutably in the nature of things as standards on which the physical world and the world of moral relationships among human beings are themselves grounded.

My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens.

Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.

Becoming great has a lot to do with being humble and having your feet on earth.

Embrace your strengths, but admit your weaknesses. Be smart enough to realize that, while you're good at some things, you're not perfect. Thinking like this will keep you grounded. Never have the attitude that you know everything there is to know.

Her feet moved over the earth with confidence and grace.

For the last twenty minutes, having something to do, he had become himself again, had come to earth from that unsafe country of the brain

The mountain is always grounded, rooted in the earth, always still, always beautiful. It is beautiful just being what it is, seen or unseen, snow-covered or green, rained on or wrapped in clouds.

Stand firm on the solid rock!

You can't grasp the wonderful and keep your feet on the ground.

I've got a great family and great people around me that would be able to kick me in the shins if I ever for one minute got lost up in the clouds. I've been really lucky in that sense.

Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

I think my family, especially having three teenage sons, keeps my cooking at home grounded and very approachable. I'm definitely not making spumas in my kitchen, that's for sure!

I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community.

. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

I think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just great characters.

I was born into a Catholic family. I grew up in West Belfast. Faith was very important to us eight children and my mother and father. It was grounded in the Christian tradition of social involvement.

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

When one sleeps on the floor, one need not fear falling out of bed.

Your identity is grounded in your desire to help produce positive, meaningful, and long-lasting change in your life.