Famous Quotes & Sayings

Agnes Repplier

Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its uplifting qualities. They have none of the infernal smugness which makes the lover of the country insupportable.

Dalai Lama

Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response.

Imran Khan

When an individual from underprivileged background gets higher education, he/she uplifts the entire family. 90% of students at Namal college are from underprivileged backgrounds. I look forward for your support in this noble cause

Jack Canfield

Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with positive, nourishing, and uplifting people -- people who believe in you, encourage you to go after your dreams, and applaud your victories.

Jack Miller

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

Isaac Newton

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Ginger Rogers

Gossip is hardly uplifting.

Ginger Rogers

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Julia Cameron

Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend's offer to help you with what you are doing.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Gilda Radner

It's always something

Penn Jillette

It kind of makes me feel great, because words still have power, ... I just like how uplifting the idea is: Words are powerful.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship.

Gladys Knight

We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

Jeremy Collier

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Jerry Saltz

'The Panorama' is also the last place anywhere in New York where the World Trade Center still stands, whole, as it stood in the early morning of September 11. I can also see the corner where I saw the first tower fall and howled out loud. Seeing the buildings again here is uplifting, healing.

Jenson Button

I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.

Franz Grillparzer

From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger.

George S. Patton

But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.

Hill Harper

Since Im in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?

Herbert Hoover

The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people need in times of suspicion and doubt...No other organized joy has values comparable to the outdoor experience.

Esther Hicks

There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.

Esther Hicks

You cannot look at that which you do not want and not join and perpetuate that vibration. Take your attention from that which is not in harmony with who you are, and your "now vibration" will adjust to who you really are - and then you can uplift others.

Fred Allen

If the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it.

Francoise Sagan

pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.

Chris Ware

I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather uplifting, actually, since I find the sort of blind optimism and empty laughter of a great deal of "contemporary culture" to be more depressing than something that admits to a potential for disappointment and a gnawing sense of existential mockery.

Frederick Douglass

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Helen Keller

Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.

John Carney

Americans like optimism, and 'Once' walks a tightrope: you feel uplifted at the end even if you're crying.

James E. Faust

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

Moby

We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.

Jay Leno

Here's an uplifting story. Congratulations to the Little League team from Huntington Beach, California. Yeah, they beat Japan to win the Little League World Series. That's pretty good. See, that proves that when math and science aren't involved, our kids can beat anybody.

Bruno Mars

It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's what musicians are for: to give everyone an escape, to let everyone feel good and take people out of everyday problems, so that they can hear music and sing words that are hopefully relatable.