Lofty Quotes

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

For there is some danger of falling into a soft and effeminate Christianity, under the plea of a lofty and ethereal theology.

From Santi's earthly tomb with demon's hole, 'Cross Rome the mystic elements unfold. The path of light is laid, the sacred test, Let angels guide you on your lofty quest.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

Soup simmering, music of idle gossip, yammering kids, domestic chaos - long adjusted to this rolling scene, you show them your lofty calm.

There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical.

He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed.

The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its lofty stance instead of trying to understand them and to learn from them.

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.

How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!

To bliss unknown by lofty soul aspires, My lot unequal to my vast desires.

The Fujiyama of Architecture?at once a lofty mountain and a national shrine.

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity.

True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without commitment.

From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.

Envy, slothful vice, Never makes its way in lofty characters, But, like the skulking viper, creeps and crawls Close to the ground.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

In the soul of a Russian person there is always a drive toward some kind of lofty moral ideal, lofty moral values. That definitely sets us apart, and I'm certain it's in a good way.

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled).

The poetry is the Earth, charming; The river, flowing from lofty mountains; Nature, a young woman and a heavenly plant with blossoming flowers, slinking in the garden of the mind.

Unconditional love is a lofty ideal, but unconditional hate is a fact well documented by history.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamoured bosom to his ray.

Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves.

What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them.

Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.

I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked to get their attention just the same.

K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty columns in] the great temple of Jarute.

Wherever is love and loyalty, great purposes and lofty souls, even though in a hovel or a mine, there is fairyland.

Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses.

Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it caneasily be deceptive with respect to what is normal in him.

Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind."

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

Every leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain.

Nast is an artist of uncommon abilities. His works evince originality of conception, freedom of manner, lofty appreciation of national ideas and action, and a large artistic instinct.

A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

There are only shades of gray. Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to judge things, and map out our place in the world in relevance to them.

Rachel, we've been over this. This is what I do," he said, crumbs of whiten cheese falling from the knife. "Find a way for your lofty, unrealistic ideals to deal with it.