#upright

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. ↗

— George Muller

#counsel #declarations #did #fellow-men #god

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#both #child #could #ear #fool

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#because #completely #decisions #fact #get

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#expectations #gender #honesty #independence #influence

A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again. ↗

— Pam Brown

#better #cat #conscience #down #get

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. ↗

— Aeschylus

#gods #man #mark #misfortune #rail

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. ↗

— Aesop

#bending #force #had #little #over

The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#genuine #going #himself #instinct #liberty

There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#does #few #gait #himself #his

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers. ↗

— Jimmy Griffin

#acoustic guitar #bass #dorsey #fabulous #guitar