977 private quotes tagged great

“Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.” — Victoria Woodhull

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“Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.” — Paracelsus

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“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.” — Dean Koontz

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“Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.” — John Keats

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“Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.” — Billy Graham

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“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.” — James Dean

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“The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.” — Ellen G. White

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“Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.” — Henry Rollins

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“Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with, we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.” — Jonathan Brown

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“Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Stephen Leacock

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“Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.” — Humphry Davy

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“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.” — John Adams

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“You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.” — Henry Rollins

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“I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.” — Robert Benchley

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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” — Jack Kerouac

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“Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“Traffic was very, very free. It was great.” — Jim Capaldi

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“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” — Mignon McLaughlin

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“The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” — Jim Carrey

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“We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.” — Billy Graham

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“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” — Orison Swett Marden

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