#lofty

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

— Horace

#fall #heavier #high #highest #highest mountain

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#admire #appalling #assembly #easy #everything

As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The Book of Mormon' was something I got to be part of. I don't want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical theater, so that was really thrilling to be part of. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#been #book #choose #fortunate #generally

Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#ground #heights #keep #lofty #thoughts

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#eagles #great #great men #like #lofty

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#bodies #calls #cherish #determine #dream

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#dealing #else #getting #identification #lofty

I want to make something of myself. I believe it’s called a statue. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#art #aspirations #bizarre #funny #goals

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals. ↗

— James Naismith

#body #clean #ideals #lofty #mind