If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill. — Henry B. Eyring
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh. — Jonathan Edwards
Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down! — Lana Turner
Life is a ladder; some will climb up it, others down. — Bulgarian Proverbs
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long. — Mary Church Terrell
The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards. — Eugenie Bouchard
Upward Image Quotes
Look Upward Quotes
Every one looking downwards becomes impressed with ideas of his own greatness, but looking upwards, he feels his own littleness. — Indian Proverbs
We must forget bodily consciousness like a deer which is infatuated by music.
We must look up to God, as the young ones of a tortoise look up to their mother.
As a fountain rises upwards, even so must one's spirit rise to God.
One should entertain no idea whatsoever, except that of God. — Tukaram
If you had looked at my life when I was 14 years old and said, 'Well, what's going to happen to this kid?' you would have concluded that I would have struggled with what academics call upward mobility. — James David Vance
Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible! — Norman Vincent Peale
A sacred burden is this life ye bear,
Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly,
Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly;
Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,
But onward, upward, till the goal ye win. — Fanny Kemble
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God. — John Bunyan
Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. — George Orwell
I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! — Humphrey Lyttelton
Vision looks inwards and becomes duty. Vision looks outwards and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upwards and becomes faith. — Stephen Samuel Wise
Onward And Upward Quotes
The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward — G. Campbell Morgan
Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward. — Robert Andrews Millikan
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell
Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought. — George Lois
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
The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens by narrow statutes. — Victoria Woodhull
Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North! — C. S. Lewis
Man can never come up to his ideal standard. It is the nature of the immortal spirit to raise that standard higher and higher as it goes from strength to strength, still upward and onward. The wisest and greatest men are ever the most modest. — Margaret Fuller
Upward Mobility Quotes
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. — Paul Ryan
I learned from my community how to shoot a gun, how to shoot it well. I learned how to make a damn good biscuit recipe. The trick, by the way, is frozen butter, not warm butter. But I didn't learn how to get ahead. — James David Vance
The data show we can do something about upward mobility. Every extra year of childhood spent in a better neighborhood seems to matter. — Raj Chetty
There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does need desperately more peacemakers, healers, restorers, story tellers, and lovers of every shape and form. — David W. Orr
America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex. — Arianna Huffington
We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility. — Paul Ryan
We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. — Paul Ryan
In all advanced industrial societies, education has become the single most important vehicle of upward mobility. — Peter L. Berger
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile - and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. — Hunter S. Thompson
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile. — Hunter S. Thompson
Downward Quotes
The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low. — Hunter S. Thompson
So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it’s not your history but your presence on your mat that counts. — K. Pattabhi Jois
Positive images of the future are a powerful and magnetic force... They draw us on and energize us, give us courage and will to take on important initiatives. Negative images of the future also have a magnetism. They pull the spirit downward in the path of despair. — William James
Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. — William Whewell
At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging. — Adam Schiff
By purchasing and holding large amounts of Treasury securities and MBS, we put additional downward pressure on term premiums and so on long-term rates. — Jerome Powell
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Tony Robbins
She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward. "Cather..." Back up to his eyes. "You know that I'm falling in love with you, right? — Rainbow Rowell
Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ. — Brian Houston
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Onward Quotes
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. — Franz Kafka
Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace;Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,While the stars burn, the moons increase,And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet;Lie still, dry dust, secure of change. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn't negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it. — Priscilla Shirer
The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory! — Joseph Stalin
Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward. — Dmitri Shostakovich
Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement. — Vernon Howard
The universe is not in a steady state; there's an ongoing creative principle in nature, which is driving things onwards. — Rupert Sheldrake
Onward and inward, another wiggle and another yank, and I was in the thick of it. — James Nestor
No tin-hat brigade of goose-stepping vigilantes or bibble-babbling mob of blackguarding and corporation paid scoundrels will prevent the onward march of labor, or divert its purpose to play its natural and rational part in the development of the economic, political and social life of our nation. — John L. Lewis
I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people. — Bobby Sands
Heavenward Quotes
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. — Paul the Apostle
Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
When our trials come, when we feel pain and suffering, when our tears flow again, it is our joy and comfort to lift our faces heavenward and to go on, standing on the promises of God. — W. A. Criswell
A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. — Doris Lessing
Rugged strength and radiant beauty--
These were one in Nature's plan;
Humble toil and heavenward duty--
These will form the perfect man. — Sarah Josepha Hale
Laying up treasures in heaven will draw the heart heavenward. — George Muller
Weedly-weedly-wee, make a face, hold your guitar like it's your weenie, point it heavenward, and look like you're really doing something. Then, you get a big ovation while the smoke bombs go off, and the motorized lights in your truss twirl around. — Frank Zappa
The problems of our day loom ominously before us... Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing sense of direction, that we might chart and follow a wise and proper course. Our Heavenly Father will not leave our sincere petition unanswered. — Thomas S. Monson
A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. — Minna Antrim
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace. — Maya Angelou
Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful must he be who made them! The wisdom of the worker is revealed in his handiwork. — Anthony of Padua
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings- I know why the caged bird sings! — Paul Laurence Dunbar
Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears. — R. A. Torrey
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. — Sir Philip Sidney
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. — Philip Sidney
True knowledge comes from the upward path which leads to the eternal fire; error, defeat, and death result from following the lower path of worldly attachment. — Egyptian Proverbs
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore. — Laurie Halse Anderson
Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward. — William Butler Yeats
She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. — Neil Gaiman
Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly. — Pat Conroy
There is probably nothing finer than to climb free and unencumbered by equipment, reveling in the gymnastic upward movement, like Preuss or a Dulfer before you, relying only upon yourself, keeping a sharp eye on things, feeling the rock beneath your feet and fingertips. — Hermann Buhl
Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are -- a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told. — Ha-Joon Chang
I personally lost upwards of 45 pounds and felt better than I had in years, and I was watching patients manage, and even reverse their own symptoms in incredible new ways. The changes were so huge, in fact, I was forced to reexamine my approach to treating disease and the maintenance of health. — Will Bulsiewicz
One attribute of the human being is the potential to keep on growing, to keep on developing. And I think there's room in each of us. I hate to hear someone say, oh well, that man or that woman is sixty or seventy or eighty or ninety or a hundred, so he's finished. There's always something that can be transformed on the upward spiral. — William Segal
The striving for significance, this sense of yearning, always points out to us that all psychological phenomena contain a movement that starts from a feeling of inferiority and reach upward. The theory of Individual Psychology of psychological compensation states that the stronger the feeling of inferiority, the higher the goal for personal power. — Alfred Adler
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women — Queen Elizabeth II
The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and the return to a primitive state. — Nikolai Berdyaev
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When we think how narrow and devious this path of nature is, how dimly we can trace it, for all our lamps of science, and how from the darkness which girds it round great and terrible possibilities loom ever shadowly upwards, it is a bold and a confident man who will put a limit to the strange by-oaths into which the human spirit may wander. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Think of a lifeless forest in which a small plant pushes its head upward, out of the ruin. In our grief process, we are moving into life from death, without denying the devastation that came before. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain
I compare arithmetic with a tree that unfolds upwards in a multitude of techniques and theorems while the root drives into the depths. — Gottlob Frege
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