Greatness Quotes
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The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him.
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
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It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
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Greatness is a lot of small things done well.
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Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.
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Humility is not self deprecating, rather it is the quiet internal confidence allowing you to accept things as they are, especially yourself; that epiphany opens the way to personal greatness.
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Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
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Real greatness has nothing to do with a man’s sphere. It does not lie in the magnitude of his outward agency, in the extent of the effects which he produces. The greatest men may do comparatively little.
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True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them, not to build themselves up. They understand that true greatness is found in the heart of the servant.
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Greatness comes with discipline.
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The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
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True greatness does not consist so much in doing extraordinary things, as in conducting ordinary affairs with a noble demeanor and from a right motive. It is necessary and most profitable to remember the advice to Titus, "Showing all good fidelity in all things."
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Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.
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Whenever there's a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I'm going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.
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The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it became the palace in which greatness was nurtured. He touched the forest and it became to him a church in which the purest and noblest worship of God was observed. His occupation has become associated in our minds with the integrity of the life he lived. In Lincoln there was always some quality that fastened him to the people and taught their to keep time to the music of his heart.
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Some people are destined for greatness; others fall up a hill to get there.
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Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us. Believe in the Power of One.
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There's still time for greatness.
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It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.
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The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
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I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
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To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes.
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Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
