Famous quotes containing the word rise:
“the petals creak and
begin to rise.
They rise and recurl
to a bud’s form
and clamp shut.
I wait in the dark.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I rise superior to my pain,
When I am weak then I am strong;”
—Charles Wesley (1707–1788)