Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) 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 -
Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
Ian Williams Battles -
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Walter Scott -
Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
Rafael Cruz
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Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.
Vicente Fox -
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 -
The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
Mason Cooley
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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 -
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
Lisa Murkowski -
I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.
Jason Day -
I always say fitness is the first step to greatness. And I try to encourage my fans to be on the same page as that. Because fitness is the first step to setting a habit that you necessarily don't want to do but are still committed to doing every single day. And so I think that's why I always, always try to get a workout in.
Jake Paul -
I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.
Paul Tsongas
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The best company management is one that combines a sense of corporate greatness and destiny, with empathy for - and fidelity to - the average employee.
David Packard -
His pagan barbarity, his explosive and angrily defiant melancholy, his demoniacal instinct . . . these are all echoes . . . of the thousand-year-old Hungarian psyche.
Bela Bartok -
Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.
John Delaney -
...labels can be fun! Some people are like, "As a card-carrying bear, where I also have a little bit of fairy in me..." People have fun collaging these; there's a fun people have with their identifications. The irony of them can be lost if you're just wholeheartedly anti-identitarian.
Maggie Nelson -
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas