#upward

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#great society #move #only #opportunity #powerful

Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#come #downwards #even #habit #inorganic

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#climb #except #lawful #mankind #miseries

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#course #due #heart #history #long

2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

#direct #economy #investments #number #opens

The problem, gentlemen, is that Obama is right: The promise of upward mobility is dying in America, and no amount of political demagoguery will fix it. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#amount #demagoguery #dying #fix #gentlemen

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. ↗

— John Locke

#balance #beams #downwards #every #excellent

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! ↗

— Humphrey Lyttelton

#ceiling #comes #i #instrument #into

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. ↗

— Felix Adler

#be real #ceaseless #efforts #engaged #ethical