#upon

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace. ↗

— John Owen

#equal #fair #gifts #grace #higher

Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. ↗

— Richard Owen

#appreciation #being #dependence #estimate #experience

We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom. ↗

— Major Owens

#conditions #enough #happens #imposed #improve

I've been an actor for 14 years now and a lot of that time was spent in theatre and television. Then I moved to L.A. to try and build upon that and it's starting to pay off! ↗

— David Oyelowo

#been #build #i #lot #moved

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#blanket #down #fall #feet #left

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#efforts #encourage #endeavor #others #own

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#character #depends #golf #less #mind

It's never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are being built it's definitely not it. ↗

— Sean Parker

#being #built #definitely #end #facebook

We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#apprehension #before #days #evident #few

We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#bushes #fairly #free #prairie #soon