#surpass

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#among #architectural #describe #details #enough

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#does #dying #itself #life #living

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#hard #more #nothing #strong #submissive

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#conquer #enemy #enlightened #foreknowledge #general

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#certainly #did #happen #i #milestones

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage. ↗

— Gary Cole

#being #couple #days #done #fantasize

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#approval #constant #most #own #splendid

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#despise #either #must #people #supervise

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#could #i #indeed #knew #literature

What we aspired to in 1998, we have wildly surpassed. And I know we all feel incredibly grateful and lucky this band has been able to have the life that it's had. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#aspired #band #been #feel #grateful