Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.
In some ways, climbing in the clouds is comforting. You can no longer see how high off the ground you are.
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.
You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
Rise above yourself.