Greatness Quotes
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All greatness in style begins, I imagine, with such respect, deep and passionate enough to produce a humility which will not assert itself at the expense even of inanimate things: out of which submissiveness a desire to serve is born, in disinterested accuracy toward the object, whatever it may be.
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No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.
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The universe is filled with the evidence of God's greatness. In awesome wonder we can consider the worlds He has made.
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Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.
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I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.
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It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.
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When you look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren, when you picture their greatness and potential, do you feel that they are getting the education that is up to par with who they were born to become?
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No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.
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What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.
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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.
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For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women.
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America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.
Charles B. Rangel
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O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.
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All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
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We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.
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A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.
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If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
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I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.
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Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.
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Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
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No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.
