"You can't get too high for somebody..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
You can't get too high for somebody to bring you down.
More by Maya Angelou
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
“When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.”
More on Humility
“It happens all the time in heaven,And some dayIt will begin to happenAgain on earth -That men and women who are married,And men and men who areLovers,And women and womenWho give each otherLight,Often will get down on their kneesAnd while so tenderlyHolding their lover's hand,With tears in their eyes,Will sincerely speak, saying,My dear,How can I be more loving to you;How can I be more kind?”
“I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.”
“To belittle, you have to be little.”
More on Pride
“Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.”
“I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.”
“...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.”