Upwards Quotes

Upwards Quotes & Sayings

These upwards quotes and upwards sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection. What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! - Georges Bernanos


Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. - Plato [Aristocles]


Treading beneath their feet all visible things, As steps that upwards to their Father's throne Lead gradual. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge


In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. - H. G. Wells


An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. - John A. Locke


I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but the pain of it is a positive pleasure to me. Each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next. - Mohandas K. 'Mahatma' Gandhi


Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings. - Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis]


The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards. (everything is turned topsy-turvy) - Euripides


Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun. - Ruth Westheimer