Greatness Quotes - Page 18

• The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.

  Joshua L. Goldberg

  Squares, Corners

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• God has sovereignly pulled back the curtain on His glory. He has disclosed Himself on the platform of both creation and redemption that we might stand awestruck in His presence, beholding the sweet symmetry of His attributes, pondering the unfathomable depths of His greatness, baffled by the wisdom of His deeds and the limitless extent of His goodness. This is His beauty.

  Sam Storms

  Sweet, Depth, Redemption

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• All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its own standard by which to appreciate it.

  Margaret Fuller

  Simple, Expression, Appreciate

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1874). “Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman”, p.4

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• It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness, except by a few. That merit which gives greatness and renown diffuses its influence to a wide compass, but acts weakly on every single breast; it is placed at a distance from common spectators, and shines like one of the remote stars, of which the light reaches us, but not the heat.

  Samuel Johnson

  Stars, Distance, Light

  Samuel Johnson, Peter Martin (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.217, Harvard University Press

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• I do not regret my youth and its beliefs. Up to now, I have wasted my time to live. Youth is the true force, but it is too rarely lucid. Sometimes it has a triumphant liking for what is now, and the pugnacious broadside of paradox may please it. But there is a degree in innovation which they who have not lived very much cannot attain. And yet who knows if the stern greatness of present events will not have educated and aged the generation which to-day forms humanity's effective frontier? Whatever our hope may be, if we did not place it in youth, where should we place it?

  Henri Barbusse

  Regret, Humanity, Innovation

  "Light" by Henri Barbusse, (Ch. XXII), 1919.

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

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Men, Prophet, Ability

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1969). “The Prophets”

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• Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are.

  Thomas Merton

  Christian, Wisdom, Destiny

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.128, Shambhala Publications

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• The secret to freedom from enslaving patterns of sin is worship. You need worship. You need great worship. You need weeping worship. You need glorious worship. You need to sense God’s greatness and to be moved it — moved to tears and moved to laughter — moved by who God is and what he has done for you.

  Timothy Keller

  Laughter, Worship You, Secret

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• A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Taken, Men, Virtue

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• It has been a hard lesson to learn, that greatness requires suffering.

  Kristin Cashore

  Suffering, Lessons, Has Beens

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.274, Penguin

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• In greatness, life and death merge.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Life And Death

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• For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath. Together with breath it entered human beings, who couldn't defend themselves against it, not if they wanted to live. And scent entered into their very core, went directly to their hearts, and decided for good and all between affection and contempt, disgust and lust, love and hate. He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

  Patrick Süskind

  Brother, Hate, Heart

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• There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Passion, Knowledge

  Twitter post from Apr 25, 2011

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• Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Mind, Matter, Triviality

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• If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 06, 2015

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• Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 14, 2017

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• Either you run the day or the day runs you.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 15, 2016

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  Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Education

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 04, 2016

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• We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Pain, Disappointment

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 13, 2015

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• Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Education

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 29, 2016

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• If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Change, Wise

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2017

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• You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 22, 2015

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• Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 30, 2016

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• A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Insperational, Helping Others

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 23, 2015

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