Rise Quotes

“Rise and rise again until lambs become lions”
― Robin Hood

“Fire wants to burn
Water wants to flow
Air wants to rise
Earth wants to bind
Chaos wants to devour
Cal wants to live”
― Cassandra Clare, The Iron Trial

“What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“Every time you come in yelling that God damn"Rise and Shine!" "Rise and Shine!"I say to myself, "Howlucky deadpeople are!”
― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

“From the onset of polio in 1921 until his death, Franklin, his family, his inner circle of advisers, and teams of physicians assiduously disguised the state of his health, promoting the fantasy of a robust leader who was always in excel- lent physical condition for a man his age. Severe heart disease was not admit- ted until twenty-five years after his death, and then only as part of a new and larger cover-up to conceal other severe medical problems. These deceptions still dominate the present-day narrative of Franklin’s health, especially so in his later years.”
― Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

“The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century.”
― Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

“How can you rise, if you have not burned”
― Hiba Fatima Ahmad

“She is like a butterfly,
Beautiful to look at
But hard to catch.”
― Nikki Rowe

“She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.”
― Nicole Lyons, Hush

“I'm one of the
freaks, the faggots,
the geeks, the savages,
rogues, rebels, dissident devils,
artists, martyrs, infidels...

do we sit still
under attack?

or do we start pushing back?

never back up
never back down

& FIGHT.”
― Otep Shamaya

“We rise by lifting others.”
― Robert Ingersoll

“The call from Momma was like a bullet piercing my Washington bubble. Janice had been on short trip with her baby daughter locked safely in a car seat in the back. The baby was fussy and, as Janice reached back to grab her daughter’s pacifier that had fallen, another vehicle had blindsided her car. She survived it but her baby girl didn’t.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“Stand up! Don't ever give up on this bitchy life.
Feel afraid is okay, but don't avoid competition.
You've done that thing even since you're a sperm.
You accept this and you are the surviving winner.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Fear is a powerful motivator, but so is love.”
― Lyssa Kay Adams, Undercover Bromance

“No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, YOU MATTER, and your life matters!”
― Germany Kent

“The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.”
― Ogwo David Emenike

“…I was finding that reporting the news wasn't enough. I wanted to be more than just a paid observer. I wanted to be in the fight. I got my chance.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched.
It reminds me about some 'fall and rise again' in my life.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Do not descend, but rise above so ill-mannered a person.”
― Mary Lydon Simonsen, The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy

“Live to revel in just another twilight. Life may sink and disappear along with the sunset never to rise again”
― Munia Khan

“When you are fired because of laziness, dare to fire back with the spirit of enthusiasm. Rise up at the same time and at the same place that you have fallen. You can’t give up!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“I'll rise and fall, let me take credit for both.”
― Pearl Jam, Vitalogy - Letras

“There is a reason why morning follows night, hjälte. After times of great darkness, we must take time to mourn all we have lost and all who were lost, even as hope rises with the sun.”
― Emory R. Frie, Realm of the Snow Queen

“To rise from the ashes like a phoenix. One must at first be a master of darwinism.”
― Mecha Constantine

“Each setback in your life harbors a narrative; endeavor to ascend with each occurrence and reimagine that narrative to serve your benefit.”
― Ephantus Mwenda Njagi, The Girl From America

“Every day I rise up,
Challenges Appear
and Still I Continue to Rise”
― Rhys Blanco, Affirmations for Glowing skin

“Strange is the ordinary way in which this journey expects us to shrink from our full potential to fit in.”
― Julieanne O'Connor

“No yesterday can hold tomorrow’s sun captive to a horizon from which it cannot rise.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Follow the path of high-flyers and you will rise to become one. You become what you identify with.”
― Chidiebere Orji Agbugba