"Live up to" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with confidence he was far from feeling, and was dimly aware that Araminta had the faith he lacked. "She thinks I'm a wonder-worker," he said to himself, grimly, "and I've got to live up to it." ...
— A Spinner in the Sun • Myrtle Reed
... few outlines of this truly interesting story be founded on fact or not, we cannot forbear to say that God will assuredly, sooner or later, fully reward all those who live up to the holy principles and precepts of his own blessed truth, and he is no less faithful in punishing every proud ...
— Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters - Volume 3 • Various
... he had been unable to leave his bed. The rest of the time he had dragged himself around, trying to live up to his resolve, to get at the meaning of the present, to turn his sister Lorna from the path of dalliance. And he had ...
— The Day of the Beast • Zane Grey
... Aunt Isabel, kissing her niece in the exuberance of her delight. "We will all call you Patricia. It is a beautiful name and suits you extremely well. You must stand very straight, and acquire dignified manners in order to live up to it." ...
— Patty Fairfield • Carolyn Wells
... won't vanish, because it's a most courteous little castle, which has been well brought up, and even though its greatness is gone, tries to live up to its traditions," said Jack. "It always appears to everyone it thinks likely to appreciate it; and I was certain it would be here in its ...
— The Motor Maid • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
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