977 private quotes tagged great

“The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves most things, in fact, are better in the morning.” — Lewis Thomas

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“Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.” — William James

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“There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand.” — Billy Graham

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“After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.” — Emily Dickinson

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“God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.” — Peter Marshall

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“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” — Louise L. Hay

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“I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.” — Ernie Harwell

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“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” — Saul Bellow

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“The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” — William Osler

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“I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose.” — Rita Rudner

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“Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.” — Thomas Huxley

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“He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.” — Norman Schwarzkopf

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“I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it.” — Kip Winger

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“Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.” — Charles Dickens

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“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.” — William James

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“It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.” — Og Mandino

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“From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.” — John Hoeven

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“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” — Orison Swett Marden

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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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“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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