high quotes

“Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.”

“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”

— Aristotle Onassis

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”

— Henry Ford

“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”

— Confucius

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”

— Og Mandino

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.”

— Og Mandino

“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.”

— Sigmund Freud

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain. ”

— Horace

“In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. ”

— Karl Marx

“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”

— Stendhal

“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”

— Aldous Huxley

“When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. ”

— Lord Byron

“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”

— Lord Byron

“I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

high quotes

“Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.”

“I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.”

“Philosophy is the highest music.”

“The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.”

“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”

“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”

“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.”

“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”

“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.”

“What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.”

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ”

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ”

“The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain. ”

“In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. ”

“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”

“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”

“When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ”

“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”

“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. ”

“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”

“I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.”

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”