977 private quotes tagged great

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

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“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.” — John Ruskin

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“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.” — Samuel Richardson

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“Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.” — Denis Diderot

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“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.” — E. W. Howe

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“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.” — William Bartram

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“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” — Phillips Brooks

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“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.” — Mae West

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“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.” — John Ruskin

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“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.” — John Adams

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“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” — William James

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“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.” — Helen Gurley Brown

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“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.” — Louis D. Brandeis

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“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.” — Moliere

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“Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.” — Dan Gable

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“A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.” — Barbara Corcoran

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“People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.” — Joel Osteen

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“Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.” — Peace Pilgrim

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