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Quotes about Downward

C. S. Lewis once said, "A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.
- Patrick Morley
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall to-day be uppermost.
- Confucius
Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.
- Samuel Johnson
Mammon led them on - Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven - for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy, else enjoyed In vision beatific.
- John Milton
The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.
- Henry David Thoreau
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end?
- Lewis Carroll
The old myth traveled upward and outward; the new travels downward and inward.
- Thomas Howard
If you find yourself climbing the ladder of success, be careful or else on your way up you might pass Jesus on his way down.
- Shane Claiborne
The way of the Christian leader is not the way of upward mobility in which our world has invested so much, but the way of downward mobility ending on the cross.
- Henri Nouwen
The Fall was ongoing, but its trajectory led ever downward.
- Margaret Atwood
There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
It is relatively easy to serve those above us — even the world expects this — but Jesus served downward.
- Jerry Bridges