#raise

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

#born #fortune #honorable #merit #more

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #awareness #commentary #dickens #fiction

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.' ↗

— Pink

#always #because #coming #dad #friends

What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards! ↗

— Ernest Poole

#crops #drunkards #dukes #grand #kind

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#praise #satire #undeserved

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#honor #men #merit #other #ourselves

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#highest #point #raise #think #will

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#himself #his #making #man #many

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#attempt #deserve #effort #enough #enterprises

A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, make no mistake about it, endure. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#believe #children #endure #fit #free