George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Yvette Clarke -
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
Lactantius -
I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
Salma Hayek -
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
Oprah Winfrey -
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Walter Scott -
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
Rafael Cruz -
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.
Taylor Mali -
Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.
Abu Bakr -
The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.
Fran Tarkenton -
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Baltasar Gracian
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Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Do not the brave know The greatness of their progeny? A country present will meet thee, And while it may possibly be yours, Three hundred thousand years save one, A short hour of the day of everlasting life.
Taliesin -
Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!
Alexander Hamilton -
Ronald Reagan believed in America as the shining city on the hill - Morning in America. But Donald Trump has a much different vision of American greatness, of nationalism - a much darker view, I think, of the world.
Charlie Sykes -
From leading the world into the age of democracy to spearheading the technological revolution, America has always been at the forefront of greatness.
Charles B. Rangel -
The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.
Charlie Trotter
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And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.
Aristotle -
Any man of energy and initiative can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or by a tax system which denies him the right to receive a reasonable share of his earnings, then he will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends.
Andrew Mellon -
I point out the Democratic party won two world wars and beat the depression, cut out the poverty by two thirds, and was responsible for the same sustained prosperity that we've had in the United States. What the hell do we have to apologize for?
James Carville -
But I am sure that God did not intend that there be so many poor. The class structure is of our making and our consent, not His. It is the way we have arranged it, and it is up to us to change it. So we are urging revolutionary change.
Dorothy Day -
Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness...
George Bernard Shaw