Greatness Quotes
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F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.
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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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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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I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.
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I like the old school, then I add the new school, and I got a concoction of greatness. I can't miss; you can't miss with that.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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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.
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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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To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
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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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Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.
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O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.
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The weak, when they have authority, surround themselves with the weak. It is, indeed, a vice of rulers that men who have exceptional ability and worth are offensive to them, since they whose greatness is due to their position find it difficult to love those whom inner power makes great.
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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.
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When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'
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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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If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
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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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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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Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America.
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It is empty to plead that the solution to the dilemmas of the present rests on the hands of the clock. The solution is in our hands. Unless we are willing to yield up our destiny of greatness among the civilizations of history, Americans - white and Negro together - must be about the business of resolving the challenge which confronts us now.
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The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
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Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.
