True Greatness Quotes - Page 3

• In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

  Hugh Nibley

  Stars, Greatness, Shining

  Hugh Nibley, John Woodland Welch (1988). “Since Cumorah”, Shadow Mountain

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• A critical assumption is sometimes made that [Grisham, Clancey, Crichton & myself] have access to some mystical vulgate that other (and often better) writers cannot find or will not deign to use. I doubt if this is true. Nor do I believe the contention of some popular novelists... that thier success is based on literary merit -- that the public understands true greatness in ways the tight-a**ed, consumed-by-jealousy literary establishment cannot. This idea is ridiculous, a product of vanity and insecurity.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Greatness, Ideas

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• The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

  Daniel L Dreisbach

  Military, Lying, Character

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself only enough to create an illusion and not be recognized as the meanness that it really is. True greatness is free, kind, familiar and popular; it lets itself be touched and handled, it loses nothing by being seen at close quarters; the better one knows it, the more one admires it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Greatness, Political, Politics

  "Of Personal Merit". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• The world may not applaud us for wiping running noses, driving in carpools, or talking with our teenager into the wee hours of the morning. And until they are trained, our children might not thank us either. But as we set aside our own selfish desires and glorify God by joyfully serving our children, we are pursuing true greatness according to the Bible. Let us do so with tenderness, affection, and with a smile!

  Carolyn Mahaney

  Running, Morning, Children

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• True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Teamwork, Greatness

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Greatness, Talking

  Visiting Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. July 2, 2001.

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• True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.

  Richard Hamming

  Science, Greatness, Names

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• True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Greatness, Sovereign, Virtue

  Alphonse de Lamartine (1891). “Lamartine's Works ...”

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• Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Nature, Lying, Greatness

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• If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from achieving true greatness.

  Rod Hundley

  Basketball, Greatness, Boston

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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.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Country, Lying, Sacrifice

  William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1900). “The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan”

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• To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

  Thomas Lansing Masson

  Leadership, Greatness, Solitude

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• You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after you. It is my duty." "If you wish to suffer, you do so of your own free will, not on my behalf. Or Father's or Grandmama's or anyone's. You are a fine physician, Thomas. Why is that not enough?" "Because it isn't," he says with a rare candor. "Only this and the hope of nothing more? A quiet respectability with no true greatness or heroism in it, with only my reputation to recommend me. So you see, Gemma, you are not the only one who cannot rule her own life.

  Libba Bray

  Father, Greatness, Luxury

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• A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Greatness, Men, Prophet

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1969). “The Prophets”

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• Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

  Matthew Hayden

  Greatness, Long, Excellence

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