Greatness Quotes - Page 37

• A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Novel

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 19, 2017

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• The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Truth, Writing

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• A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Poverty, Treats, Members

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• I see no greatness in my self...I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent.

  Neal Cassady

  Children, Hipster, Simple

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• The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others.

  Adolf Hitler

  Religious, Lying, Organization

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony.

  Albert Einstein

  Art, Peace, Feelings

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• The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Sacrifice, Progress, Evolution

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “The Genealogy of Morals”, p.51, Courier Corporation

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• When a scholar of the old culture vows no longer to have anything to do with men who believe in progress, he is right. For the old culture has its greatness and goodness behind it, and an historical education forces one to admit that it can never again be fresh.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Believe, Men, Historical

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• Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of us!

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Love, Religious, Nature

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.758, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man. Every thing we see today, made by past generations, was, before its appearance, a thought in the mind of a man or an impulse in the heart of a woman.

  Khalil Gibran

  Beauty, Heart, Past

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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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, Boston, Guy

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• Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don`t just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness

  Steve Rushin

  Mom, Mother, Son

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• See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things

  Laozi

  Badass, Simplicity, Littles

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire...if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores...if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote...if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time...if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream...and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love...then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

  Michelle Obama

  Dream, Country, Badass

  Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Success, Faith, Believe

  FaceBook post by Mark Victor Hansen from May 20, 2013

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• Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Women, History, People

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• Worship is a believer's response to God's revelation of Himself. It is expressing wonder, awe, and gratitude for the worthiness, the greatness, and the goodness of our Lord. It is the appropriate response to God's person, His provision, His power, His promises, and His plan.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Gratitude, Promise, Worship

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2009). “A Place of Quiet Rest: Finding Intimacy with God Through a Daily Devotional Life”, p.211, Moody Publishers

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• I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Life, Thinking, Self

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• On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what it signifies, or about the greatness of the reality of which it is a sacrament. Your eyes are looking at bread and cup. This is the evidence before your physical sight. But your faith must be instructed concerning it- this bread being Christ 's Body and the cup containing His Blood. Though perhaps these words may be enough to initiate faith, faith must be further instructed in accordance with the Prophet's words: 'Believe that you may understand'

  Saint Augustine

  Believe, Eye, Night

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• Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.

  Samuel Johnson

  Lying, Watches, Littles

  Samuel Johnson (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].”, p.103

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• I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.

  Ratan Tata

  Country, Opportunity, Sight

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• To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

  Jill Bolte Taylor

  Inspirational, Mean, Caring

  Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.168, Penguin

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• It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.

  Seneca the Elder

  Mind, Excess, Moderation

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• Love without laughter can be grim and oppressive. Laughter without love can be derisive and venomous. Together they make for greatness of spirit.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Love, Laughter, Together

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• 'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.

  Spark Matsunaga

  Men, Good Man, Goodness

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