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Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design. — Oliver Sacks

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder. — Carl Sandburg

There is no upward limit to the number of times you can make the same mistake. — Brian McGreevy

But Mr. Success reacted differently when he got knocked down. He bounced up, learned a lesson, forgot the beating, and moved upward. — David J. Schwartz

Nor love they least
Who strike with right good will
To vanquish ill
And fight God's battle upward from the beast. — Richard Hovey

Evolution was a random walk across a minefield, not a pre-ordained trajectory, onward and upward toward perfection. — Greg Egan

The wildlings had no where to go. Some continued upward, and died. Some went downward, and died. Some stayed where they were. They died as well. — Martin George

If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Morrell turned his head upward as if to appraise the azure, featureless sky and nodded, apparently approving of God's use of negative space. — Steve Toltz

In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. — Max Lucado

Our way is upward, from the species across to the super-species. But the degenerate mind which says 'All for me' is a horror to us. — Friedrich Nietzsche

We must produce a great age, or see the collapse of the upward striving of our race. — Alfred North Whitehead

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I could almost feel hope latching onto my heart and pulling it upward. — Suzanne Supplee

Going to upward is hard, facing downward is harder, that's why you have to be well prepared. — Kamaran Ihsan Salih

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

Pointed dramatically upward. "Look," he said. "Look, all of — Harper Lee

New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell

Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North! — C.S. Lewis

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. — Andre Gide

The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again. — Harold S. Kushner

Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears. — R.A. Torrey

I think the mysterious pull that draws you to another person is identical to the one that moves our eyes upward to the stars. — Lang Leav

Envy, like fire, soars upward. — Livy

Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen. — Thomas Sowell

Show business is a great place to fail upward ... and I guess that's what I've done. — Kurt Fuller

It is certainly good to have fans but I am always focusing on the next thing and continuing to do good work. Onward and upward. — John Magaro

And suddenly his cock was out, jutting upward from his breeches like a fat pink mast. — George R R Martin

The human race is doomed to sink back farther and farther into the primitive night ere again it begins its bloody climb upward to civilization. — Jack London

Obama's perverse view of fairness threatens to create reverse incentives, militating against growth, jobs, expansion and upward mobility. — Dick Morris

When one conducts himself in the wrong direction, he goes downward and his conduct in the right direction will take him upward! — Dada Bhagwan

Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upward
To what they were before. — William Shakespeare

Cast off the burden of sin and you will find within you the upward path that will make your ascent possible. — Tito Colliander

The recollection of one upward hour
Hath more in it to tranquilize and cheer
The darkness of despondency, than years
Of gayety and pleasure. — James Gates Percival

The way upward from inertia to illumination passes through the sphere of action. — Swami Prabhavananda

It is a man dying with his harness on that angels love to escort upward. — Henry Ward Beecher

In all advanced industrial societies, education has become the single most important vehicle of upward mobility. — Peter L. Berger

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. — Queen Elizabeth II

The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upward and leads to a perfect forgiveness. — Howard W. Hunter

Many a man, under the old and the new systems, has made the upward step from candidate to legislator, only to achieve his level of incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter

The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people. — Albert Murray

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below. — Voltaire

America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex. — Arianna Huffington

A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward progress with our bodies. — Dean Potter

Don't let a strong wind blow you over, take flight upon it. — Rob Liano

Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. — Honore De Balzac

When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward. — Ambrose Bierce

ammunition boxes. They were both packed tight with cartridges standing on their firing pins, points upward. — Lee Child

I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life. — Ian Schrager

The idea of Utopia is mischievous as well as unrealistic. And dull, to boot. Man is born pushing and shoving as the sparks fly upward. — David Lilienthal

Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers. — Alfred Edersheim

Time makes ancient good uncouth. — James Russell Lowell

The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together. — Judith Guest

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach ... just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage. — Stephen Colbert

My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. — Sarah Waters

Dr. Upward was one of those Academy Award-winning Asses of Arrogance you find in educational administration, law or medicine. — David Mitchell

We may be focused on looking forward and upward yet looking inward can be the easiest path to take. — Raphael Zernoff

The horizon curved upward to both sides. Not good, not right. Horizons do not curve up. — Greg Bear

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. — New International Version

The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you. — Napoleon Hill

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

My journey has been a very slow build-up. Each year has been a step upward. I've never actually gone backward. — Vijay Singh

In the intoxication of falling, man was prone to believe himself propelled upward. — Hermann Broch

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. — Anonymous Holy Bible Job 5 7

Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights. — Wilferd Peterson

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte

History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor. — Salman Rushdie

One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering. — Alfred North Whitehead

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious. — Carl Jung

Eleven times Jesus died on the cross, Eleven times falls down a body thrown upward, Eleven times also I abandon the logical flow of thought. — Daniil Kharms

Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life. — Samuel Smiles

The mere mention of Levi caused Renata's lips to curve upward. — K. Margaret

The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead. — Anonymous

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile. — Hunter S. Thompson

The upward thrust of evolution as part of the design becomes something to preserve and revere. — Roger Wolcott Sperry

Stotting is jumping upward with all four legs simultaneously. My advice: do not die until you've seen a large black poodle stotting in the snow. — Douglas Adams

The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on! — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities — Henry B. Eyring

Here's to opening and upward ...
and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing. — E. E. Cummings

Devotion, like fire, goeth upward. — Zoroaster

What we gotta do is, we gotta figure out a way to reverse gravity, so that we all fall upward, through the clouds and sky, all the way to Heaven. — Justin Torres

What if, when this fog scatters and flies upward, the whole rotten, slimey
city goes with it, rises with the fog and vanishes like smoke. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose." She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. "But I won't because I like this dress. — Zoe Forward

The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit. — Wassily Kandinsky

She, who had descended with such joy and pain, had begun her upward climb - upward, with her baby, on the steep, steep side of the mountain. — James Baldwin

Onward and upward. — Maggie Stiefvater

If you use a positive word, the corners of your lips go upward and it makes you smile. — Maxine Powell

The road to Heaven is ascension; always climb upward. — Duane Hewitt

And the hermit's spirit detaches itself, ever so gently, and begins its lonely passage upward, to find its final resting place among the stars. — Eleanor Catton

His lips turned upward. Man told you to lick salt off me, but he didn't say where you would be licking the salt from. — Elizabeth Morgan

Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility. — Richard St. Barbe Baker

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. — Neil Gaiman

The inside must be made entirely calm and quiet and there should reign an upward aspiration - a state of awaiting. — Sri Aurobindo

Iseult's nostrils twitched. Her face hardened. The defiance, the determination - they were back, and against his will, Aeduan's lips twitched upward. — Susan Dennard

But the thing about rising is we have to continue upward; the thing about going beyond is we have to keep going. — Cheryl Strayed

Several of the dusty Griever pods were opening, their top halves lifting upward on hinges like the lids of coffins. — James Dashner

Lady, you who are so great, so powerful,
that who seeks grace without recourse to you
would have his wish fly upward without wings. — Dante Alighieri

The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun! — Edgar Lee Masters

I held my head back and looked upward. The moon was hidden and only a lone star dared to break through the darkness. — Nancy B. Brewer

The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good. — Philip Yancey