Greatness Quotes - Page 8

• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Night, Born Leaders, Great Short

  "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.

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• Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

  Publilius Syrus

  Success, Recovery, New Beginnings

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• The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

  Peabo Bryson

  Obscurity, Lines

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• Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

  Albert Camus

  Trying, Way

  Albert Camus (1965). “Notebooks, 1942-1951”

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• I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

  Herbert Bayard Swope

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

  A. Powell Davies

  Character, Vision, Purpose

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• A great ship asks deep water.

  George Herbert

  Deep Water, Ships, Asks

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

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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

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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• To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.

  Nancy Reagan

  Inspirational, Life, God

  "'Just Say No'". Address to the Nation, edition.cnn.com. September 14, 1986.

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• Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Truth, Believe, Advantage

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.427, Open Road Media

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• Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

  Steven Seagal

  Warrior, Artist, Poetry

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  The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

  Unknown

  Bible, God, Education

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust but to know.

  Ayn Rand

  Trust, Philosophy, Knowing

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.180, Penguin

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• The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

  Frosty Westering

  Basketball, Sports, Football

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• Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

  Kara Goucher

  Motivational, Running, Victory

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Oct 10, 2013

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• There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

  William Halsey

  Men, Volunteer, Diversity

  "Fictional character: Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr". "The Gallant Hours", 1960.

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• Money is the great power today. Men sell their souls for it. Women sell their bodies for it. Others worship it. The money power has grown so great that the issue of all issues is whether the corporation shall rule this country or the country shall again rule the corporations.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Country, Money, Women

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• A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.

  Thomas Paine

  Party, Moving, Ideas

  Thomas Paine (1852). “The Rights of Man: With a Brief Historical Preface”, p.98

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• I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

  Kent Beck

  Professionalism, Habit, Program

  Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck (2009). “Refactoring: Ruby Edition”, p.74, Pearson Education

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• There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.

  Edwin Lutyens

  Design, Architecture, Patronage

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• Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Jun 05, 2013

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• To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

  Howard Zinn

  Hope, Kindness, Future

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• You can do a good ad without good typography, but you can't do a great ad without good typography.

  Herb Lubalin

  Creativity, Design, Advertising

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