#upon

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#back #heroes #live #momentum #narrow

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#depends #development #effort #growth #intellectually

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. ↗

— William Cowper

#saint #satan #sees #their #trembles

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. ↗

— Howard Crosby

#almost #chosen #essential #fasten #his

Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#bear #beast #begets #come #constitutes

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#bound #constitution #country #debate #england

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately. ↗

— Frank Dane

#lately #some #them #thrust #upon

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#earth #exist #human #human life #i

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#beneficent #come #courage #deity #develops

There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

#actual #dependent #feet #give #his