977 private quotes tagged great

“A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.” — Bo Bennett

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“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.” — Irving Berlin

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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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“All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.” — Patti LaBelle

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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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“Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.” — David Hume

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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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“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company.” — Jane Austen

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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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“For my part, 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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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” — William Arthur Ward

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“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” — Vince Lombardi

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