977 private quotes tagged great

“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.” — Jim Rohn

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“I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.” — William Glasser

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“There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Where there is great love, there are always wishes.” — Willa Cather

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“Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.” — Lance Armstrong

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“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.” — Frederick Douglass

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“I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.” — John Wayne

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“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.” — Martha Graham

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“There is a woman at the begining of all great things.” — Alphonse de Lamartine

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“Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.” — Leon Trotsky

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“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?” — Leslie Caron

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“If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” — Dag Hammarskjold

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“America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.” — Allen Boyd

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“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” — Peter Marshall

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“The great object is that every man be armed.” — Patrick Henry

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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

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“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.” — John Ruskin

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“Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.” — Denis Diderot

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“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“There are two powers in the world one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.” — Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.” — E. W. Howe

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“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” — Oprah Winfrey

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