Height Quotes

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

The height of stupidity is most clearly demonstrated by the individual who ridicules something he knows nothing about.

The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty.(...) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone.

When a love-relationship is at its height there is no room left for any interest in the environment; a pair of lovers are sufficient to themselves

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender.

The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success.

Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom.

When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries.

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.

Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no collectivist system has ever begun to equal, and no tribal gang can conceive of.

As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

If heaven had a height, you would be that tall

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

Despite the mythic heights to which he was raised, Azikiwe was nothing if not pragmatic, a realist always conscious of his limits and ever eager to extract all that was possible from that limited horizon.

Keep on pushing the boundaries and reaching for higher heights.

As we gaze upon the wonders of creations, we look up towards the heights of a God who is merciful in His ways and magnificent in His deeds. The life of worship always points us upwards.

I had placed my stick on the table, as I do every evening. It had been specially made to suit my height, to enable me to walk without too much difficulty. As I was standing up, a customer called to me: 'Monsieur, don't forget your pencil.' It was very unkind, but most funny.

All things must come to pass as one, so hope should never die. There is no height or bloody might that a freeman can’t defy. There is no source or foreign force can break one man who knows that his free will no thing can kill … and from that, freedom grows.

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love

I piss on you all from a considerable height.

To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.

Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.

Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.

The deep of your maturity determines the height of your marriage.

Sometimes the only way is jumping; hope you’re not afraid of heights.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

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

Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height.

Our Saviour would love at no less rate than death; and from the supereminent height of glory, stooped and debased Himself to the sufferance of the extremest of indignities, and sunk himself to the bottom of abjectness, to exalt our condition to the contrary extreme.

Heights of the spirit can only be climbed by passing through the portals of humility.

She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I'm fuzzy on what trigonometry is.

There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the people lift you to a certain height so that you could even be visible and get any kind of recognition.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

The high-heeled shoe is a marvellously contradictory item; it brings a woman to a man's height but makes sure she cannot keep up with him.

For I am the size of what I see / not my height's size.