Raise

Famous quotes containing the word raise:

“Still raise for good the supplicating voice,
But leave to heaven the measure and the choice,”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air:
Lord since thou know’st where all these atoms are,
I’m hopeful thou’lt recover once my dust,
And confident thou’lt raise me with the just.”
—James Graham Marquess of Montrose (1612–1650)

“You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)