#above

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity. ↗

— Robert Baldwin

#horror #i #mediocrity #rising

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#before #behind #beneath #beside #christ

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?' ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#always #bit #goal #goalkeeper #him

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#earth #flying #how #incredible #only

I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it. ↗

— Trent Reznor

#down #i #now #up

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. ↗

— Pat Riley

#always #attitude #beyond #champion #everybody

My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#above #camps #concentration #day #every

Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation. ↗

— Nazim Hikmet

#beyond #example #for example #great #i

Human nature is above all things lazy. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#all things #human #human nature #lazy #nature

So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#been #change #conclusions #considered #draw