977 private quotes tagged great

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” — Aesop

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“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.” — Jose Rizal

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“There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.” — Michael Jackson

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“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.” — Morihei Ueshiba

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“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.” — Michael Jackson

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“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.” — John Adams

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“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” — Isaac Newton

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“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” — Coretta Scott King

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“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

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“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.” — W.C. Fields

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“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” — Colin Powell

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“People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.” — Joel Osteen

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“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.” — Albert Schweitzer

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“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.” — John Ruskin

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“Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.” — Thornton Wilder

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“I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.” — Bill Gates

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“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” — William James

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“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.” — Dwight L. Moody

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“Power is the great aphrodisiac.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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