Great Things Quotes

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  Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

  William Carey

  Christian, Spiritual, Religion

  "The Missionary Herald". The Baptist Magazine, Volume 35, January 1843.

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  All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Hope, Freedom

  Sir Winston Churchill, Jack Fishman (1974). “If I lived my life again”, W.H. Allen

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Letter to Theo van Gogh from The Hague, www.webexhibits.org. October 22, 1882.

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• To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

  Leonard Bernstein

  Time, Stress, Humor

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• I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.

  Mother Teresa

  Strength, Leadership, Cheerleading

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• Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed.

  John Dewey

  Change, Education, Memories

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Ralph Ross (2008). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920”, p.146, SIU Press

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• One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Nature, Adversity, Mountain Peaks

  "The Hammer of God". Short story by G. K. Chesterton, December 1910.

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  Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

  Steve Jobs

  Teamwork, Business, People

  "60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. 2003.

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• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

  Warren G. Bennis

  People, Achieve, Convinced

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Dream, Positive Thinking

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  Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Attitude, Yoga

  The Wall Street Journa, Summer 1993.

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• To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Success, Courage

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• We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.

  Mother Teresa

  Purpose, World, Has Beens

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  I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

  Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Sad

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• One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

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• None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.

  Mother Teresa

  Teamwork, Together We Can, Great Love

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• All the great things are simple.

  Winston Churchill

  Simple, Simplicity, Duty And Honor

  Sir Winston Churchill, Jack Fishman (1974). “If I lived my life again”, W.H. Allen

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• Together we can do great things.

  Mother Teresa

  Together We Can, Together, Can Do

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