Greatness Quotes
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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Samuel Johnson
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The demands of the time for objectivity and functionality must be fulfilled. If that clearly happens, then the buildings of our day will convey the greatness of which the age is capable, and only a fool will maintain that they lack it.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
John Buchan
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I love a song that will usher in the very presence of God. Then there's no Andrae; there's no fabulous band, there's no greatness of ours. I've had hundreds of concerts like that, and that's what I try to achieve.
Andrae Crouch
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The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.
Charlie Trotter
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We are now committed to an unqualified art, not illustrating outworn myths or contemporary alibis. One must accept total responsibility for what he executes. And the measure of his greatness will be in the depth of his insight and his courage in realizing his own vision.
Clyfford Still
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Greatness is what we on the brink of.
Nicki Minaj
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Do not speak to us of the greatness of poetry, Of the torches wisping in the underground, Of the structure of vaults upon a point of light. There are no shadows in our sun, Day is desire and night is sleep. There are no shadows anywhere. The earth, for us, is flat and bare. There are no shadows.
Wallace Stevens
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Innate must flow fully, freely, naturally; to, through, and into the educated brain to produce what education calls greatness.
B. J. Palmer
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Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
Frederick Douglass
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I am proud to offer my endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. He is a successful executive and entrepreneur, a wonderful father, and a man who I believe can lead our country to greatness again.
Jerry Falwell, Jr.
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Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.
Brian Tracy
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Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions, and even through their unity, spawn true American greatness.
Cory Booker
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The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others. Many business men fail in this because they are thinking only of personal glory.
Charles M. Schwab
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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
Charles Kendall Adams
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People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.
Brandon Victor Dixon
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I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that's left. I'm lucky I found one little glimmer stored away.
Lady Gaga
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There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to get an opportunity to pursue greatness and pursue careers outside of D.C. Not everybody is going to make it. I think there's a connotation that there's a lack of rappers out there.
Wale
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I love Canada, and I dated someone who was Canadian a few years ago, and she brought me into a deeper understanding of the greatness of the culture.
Eileen Myles
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Failure holds the seeds for greatness - so long as you water those seeds with introspection, they can be the root of your success.
Daniel Lubetzky
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You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.
Amy Chan
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.
J. C. Macaulay
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A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
James E. Faust