Lofty Quotes

“A dream is an idea involving a sense of possibilities rather than probabilities, of potential rather than limits. A dream is the wellspring of passion, giving us direction and pointing us to lofty heights. It is an expression of optimism, hope and values lofty enough to capture the imagination and engage the spirit. Dreams grab us and move us. They are capable of lifting us to new heights and overcoming self-imposed limitations.”

“It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect.”

“If your aims are lofty, your achievements are bound to be great.”

“No matter how lofty you are in your department the responsibility for what your lowliest assistant is doing is yours.”

“The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.”

“The heights to which we aspire - often prove not as lofty as those that transpire.”

“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”

“What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.”

“... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.”