Top 64 Rise Above Others Quotes
#1. Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the first place, - formed no part of Lafayette's character. In him the passion was nothing more than a constant and irresistible wish to do good.
Marquis De Lafayette
#2. Judgment is such a useful shield, isn't it? We can hide behind it, rise above others on its crest, keep ourselves safe and separate.
Lisa Unger
#3. Gnostic teachings speak of the reality and power of evil and its fundamental presence throughout manifest existence. They declare that while we may not be able to rid the world or ourselves of evil, we may, and indeed will, rise above it through gnosis.
Stephan A. Hoeller
#4. Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient ... Ignore the inconsequential.
Grenville Kleiser
#5. When you grow and rise above the masses, you will always become a target. Just as the flower grows above the grass, it becomes a target for the nourishment of the rays of sunshine, it also becomes a target to be cut down.
Sumner Davenport
#6. It was the old New York way ... the way people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than "scenes", except those who gave rise to them.
Edith Wharton
#7. Many a soul will turn back to accustomed marshlands of defeat rather than brave the fogs of frustration; but the mountain peaks rise high above the rain and gloom.
V. Raymond Edman
#8. Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and deprives them of initiative, it undoes the teaching of self-help ...
Mahatma Gandhi
#9. Lotus flowers blossom while rooted in mud, a reminder that beauty and grace can rise above something ugly.
Lisa Genova
#10. Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
William E. Gladstone
#11. There is still something in everything I do that defeats me, makes me dissatisfied, challenges me to further effort. Sometimes I rise above my level, sometimes I fall below it, but always I fall short of the things I dream.
H.G.Wells
#12. We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#13. A lot of people feel that the realm of poetry and the realm of the lyric is personal feeling and should rise above politics, which, in fact, good poetry has never done.
Claudia Rankine
#14. The only way you can rise above your troubles is too force your mind ... to stay in the present moment. The pass will haunt you & the future may worry you but right now at this very moment, you're alive ... so anything is possible!
Timothy Pina
#15. A tired man is already in the grip of death and insanity ... A sane man is a man who is fully awake. As he grows tired, he loses his ability to rise above dreams and delusions, and life becomes steadily more chaotic.
Colin Wilson
#16. At first everything went according to plan and they called it ka. When things began going wrong and the dying started, they called that ka, too. Ka, the gunslinger could have told them, was often the last thing you had to rise above.
Stephen King
#17. Until we begin to discover the national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men and women, our country will continue to suffer the steady deterioration in standards that disturbs us all.
Tom DeLay
#18. Hurts are just alerts, to rise above through love.
Bryant McGill
#19. I see a sea of networkers all doing and saying the same things.
They look alike, act alike and sound alike when speaking to prospects.
If you want to rise above the average, mediocre networker ... then you
have to think differently.
Mark Weiser
#20. You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.
Joel Osteen
#21. A worthy woman has the power to rise above the limitations and expectations of others and live her authentic truth.
Shannon Tanner
#22. Spirituality lies not in the power to heal others, to perform miracles, or to astound the world with our wisdom, but in the ability to endure with right attitude whatever crosses we have to face in our daily lives, and thus to rise above them.
Daya Mata
#23. Some have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy. Others would say it was the triumphant meaningful way he lived that allowed him to rise heroically above absurdity.
Aberjhani
#24. The world is terrible," said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them.
Cassandra Clare
#25. I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.
Emmanuel Jal
#26. Rise above ... cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#28. The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.
John C. Maxwell
#29. Crisis can go on to a critical point or turning point where deciding factors plays their games. It is a point to surrender or survive, stay alive or die. You can rise above the storm.
Ikechukwu Joseph
#30. Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced their true selves and gave us gifts that only they could give: from Steve Jobs to Michael Jackson to Ray Charles to Mark Twain. There are so many more, and the list goes on.
Grace Gealey
#31. It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.
Julia Ward Howe
#32. There are some people, be they black or white, who don't want others to rise above them. They want to be the source of all knowledge and share it piecemeal to others less endowed. That is what's wrong with all these carpenters and men who have a certain knowledge. It is the same with rich people.
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
#33. To rise above the conflicting desires of others, there must be no conflict about your own.
Stephen Richards
#34. Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind.
Thomas Carlyle
#35. If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day.
Khalil Gibran
#36. In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere.
Ellen J. Barrier
#37. Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.
Malak El Halabi
#38. Comparing is empoverishing our own experience. There is meaning to our suffering, if we rise above it.
Paulo Coelho
#39. You cannot rise about your words. A lot of people use foul, pornographic, filthy, language and you SEE, all of those words paint pictures and they reveal the internal thinking of the person on the inside. YOU cannot RISE (forward, onward upward) above your words.
Zig Ziglar
#40. She wore her scars
as her best attire.
A stunning dress
made of hellfire.
Daniel Saint
#41. There are stories that don't need a plot. Sooner or later they rise above the confusion and untangle their mysteries in a series of sentences.
Patrice Nganang
#42. The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly above the chimney-tops as if it lacked the courage to rise, and the rain came slowly and doggedly down, as if it had not even the spirit to pour.
Charles Dickens
#43. I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.
Nick Vujicic
#44. I began to realize that when you are at peace with your Maker you can, if not ignore human criticism, at least rise above it.
Ezra Taft Benson
#46. I have a toothache today. I never seem to be able to rise above a toothache. It makes me want to howl, break things, pull noses, tweak ears, screech.
John Colton
#48. Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
Adnan Pachachi
#49. The grave, where sets the orb of being, sets
To rise, ascend, and culminate above
Eternity's horizon evermore.
Abraham Coles
#50. Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?
Elbert Hubbard
#51. Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
Washington Irving
#52. Who doesn't want to rise above the obstacles in his pathway? Who wouldn't want to go down in flames?
John Darnielle
#53. Know that you are loved, my dear ... Know that you can and will rise above all your fears. I now call you water walker. Water Walker? Yes, you walked through the waters of your fear, didn't you?
Ted Dekker
#54. Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you've been searching for.
Lindsey Stirling
#55. It is important to rise above rationalizations and make the best choices.
Quentin L. Cook
#56. Sadly like cancer, we may never fully find a way to STOP bullying. But we can continue to work diligently to help empower children to rise above its despair and lead them to live healthy productive lives in their future.
Bullying Ben
Timothy Pina
#57. Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#58. You are as the sun; born to rise, even if the world resents you for towering above it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#61. No woman should ever lie about another woman. You've violated the sacred covenant between women! How will stabbing one another in the back help women to rise above patriarchal oppression?
John Green
#62. All we have to do is ask and believe that God will work on our behalf and give us what we need to overcome and rise above the adversities and stress that we are facing.
Tracie Miles
#63. Retaliation is not the answer. You're going to have to deal with mean backstabbing girls your whole life, you need to learn to be smart enough to rise above, okay?
Did you kick her ass? Good girl!
Richard Castle
#64. I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an example for His followers.
Wilford Woodruff
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