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Height Quotes - Page 9

He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.

St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1516, Moody Publishers

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

"‘Green Lantern’: Ryan Reynolds Talks Flying". www.theprovince.com. June 14, 2011.

Ah, when love dies, women lose two and a half inches in height.

M.C. Beaton (2009). “Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor”, p.61, Hachette UK

I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.

"The Open 2011: Bubba Watson regrets burbling about Parisian landmarks" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2011.

There's still nearly the same amount of slavery, if not more, in the world today, as there was at the height of the slave trade.

"Benedict Cumberbatch - "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. December, 2013.

We will not leave the Golan Heights, not even in exchange for a peace treaty. We will be ready for a limited compromise and it does not have to be in territorial terms.

Yitzhak Rabin, Efraim Inbar, Merkaz Besa le-meḥḳarim asṭraṭegiyim (1996). “Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli national security: special memorial issue”

Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.

William Morris (1871). “The Earthly Paradise: A Poem”, p.2

From the height from which the great look down on the world all the rest of mankind seem equal.

William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1904). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings”

A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.

Victor Hugo (1904). “Notre Dame of Paris”