Greatness Quotes
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True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
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Give her not greatness. For great souls must stand Alone and lonely in this little world: Cleft rocks that show the great Creator's hand, Thither by earthquakes hurled.
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Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
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The way to acquire lasting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties, and our noblest works are generally most replete with both.
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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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Sometimes people forget their own greatness.
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Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.
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Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.
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I have one love - Canada; one purpose - Canada's greatness; one aim - Canadian unity from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
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Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe - they were myths of greatness.
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There can be no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.
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It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing.
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Get up my friend. If you're still breathing, there's still time enough for greatness.
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Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.
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The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.
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Never for a moment allow your greatness to interfere with your goodness.
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Daily life is the enemy of greatness.
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Recognizing poor leadership is a vital skill to help you achieve greatness.
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The patriot subordinates himself to his State in order to raise it above all other States and thus, as it were, to find his personal sacrifice repaid with ample interest through the might and greatness of his fatherland.
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It goes without saying that only inner greatness possess a true value ("une valeur véritable,", Fr.) . Any attempt to rise up (or at rising up, - "s'élever", Fr.) outwardly above others, or to want or wish to impose one's superiority, denote a lack of moral greatness, since we do not try to replace ("suppléer", Fr.) in that way (.... in French "par là", Fr.) to what, if we did really possess it, would have no need whatsoever to flaunt itself.
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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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Since, by your greatness, you Are nearer heaven in place; be nearer it In goodness: rich men should transcend the poor, As clouds the earth; rais'd by the comfort of The sun, to water dry and barren grounds.
