Downward Quotes

“If you aim upward, you will at shoot higher things (future prospects). If you aim downwards, you may shoot your feet (foundation).”

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

“Aspire higher to attain excellence in whatever you do. But be careful when you reach the peak, where the only way is the way downwards. Maintain your standard!”

“In my mind, I could sense their roots under the soil, creeping in helical tangles of ever-increasing complexity outward and in all directions—out beyond the perimeter of the Helsingør Wood, out below Yami’s Under City, out along the banks of the river, out to the nearest coast and thereupon out into the sea; the roots crept down further along the continental shelf, downward into the abysses, downward into the ocean floor, burrowing under the corals and under trenches, and then back up again to sprout in the darkened forest on a foreign continent: all the trees of the world now had conjoined roots, for they were now of one conjoined consciousness!”

“Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.”

“When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.”

“Volatility in the up direction is not a problem-it's only downward volatility that offers discourse.”

“Going to upward is hard, facing downward is harder, that's why you have to be well prepared.”

“Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers.”