Giants Quotes

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  This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

  Neil Armstrong

  Motivational, Positive, Moon

  In New York Times 31 July 1969, p. 20

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  If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

  Isaac Newton

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Humility

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• Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits.

  Robin Sharma

  Dream, Space, Brain

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Jan 29, 2013

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• O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, Power, Strenght

  "Measure for Measure".

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• The giant in front of you is never bigger than the God who lives in you.

  Christine Caine

  Bigger, Fronts

  FaceBook post by Christine Caine from Apr 30, 2013

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• Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.

  Ross Perot

  Inspirational, Fun, Underdog

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• Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life.

  T. D. Jakes

  Inspirational, Mistake, Moving

  Twitter post from Nov 25, 2016

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• I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge.

  C. S. Lewis

  Light, Landscape, Might

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• If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

  David Ogilvy

  Inspirational, Business, People

  "Ogilvy on Advertising" by David Ogilvy, (p. 47), 1983.

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• Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Life, Self Esteem, Dwarves

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• Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

  George Lucas

  Hero, Caring, Self

  "Of Myth And Men". Interview with Bill Moyers, content.time.com. April 18, 1999.

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• A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.

  Yukio Mishima

  Men, Tiny, Defeat

  "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea". Book by Yukio Mishima, 1965.

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• Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.

  Max Lucado

  Faith, Christian, Focus

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• I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.

  Rod Taylor

  Wisdom, Artist, Feet

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• Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.

  Freya Stark

  Race, Circles, Soul

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• A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

  Robert Burton

  Motivational, Eye, Dwarves

  The Anatomy of Melancholy "Democritus Junior to the Reader" (1621 - 1651) See Bernard of Chartres 1; Coleridge 30; Isaac Newton 1

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• When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Skating

  Winston S. Churchill (2010). “Triumph and Tragedy: The Second World War”, p.430, RosettaBooks

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• Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspiring, Encouragement, Powerful

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Looks, Literature, Praying

  "Don Quixote".

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• I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

  Giulio Andreotti

  Life, Looks, World

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• There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, 'Give me this MOUNTAIN,' give me these challenges.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Opportunity, Giving, Challenges

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Anger, Achievement, Society

  "Collected Writings, Volume 1" by Omar N. Bradley, 1967.

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• I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

  Michael Landon

  Disappointment, Expectations

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• Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.

  Charles Henry Parkhurst

  Men, Kind, Intellect

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• The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Islands, Achievement, World

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