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> [My greatness does not extend to this shelf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/my-greatness-does-not-extend-to-this-shelf/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/human-greatness-does-not-lie-in-wealth-or-power-but-in-character-and-2/)

[Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/)

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> [No, our greatness does not come from our government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-perdue/no-our-greatness-does-not-come-from-our-government/)

[Sonny Perdue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-perdue/)

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> [“Your struggle is your training ground for your assignment on earth. Greatness does not come in a five star package.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicky-verd/your-struggle-is-your-training-ground-for-your-assignment-on-earth/)

[Nicky Verd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicky-verd/)

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> [“Your greatness does not lie in the chair you sit upon but on the path you tread and the people who gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-abraham/your-greatness-does-not-lie-in-the-chair-you-sit-upon-but-on-the-path/)

[Amit Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-abraham/)

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> [You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/you-must-never-forget-that-greatness-does-not-guarantee-happiness-but/)

[Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/)

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> [Do you recall, from your childhood on, how very much this life of yours has longed for greatness? I see it now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/do-you-recall-from-your-childhood-on-how-very-much-this-life-of-yours/)

[Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/)

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> [“True greatness does not flaunt itself in long displays. Rather, it comes in the briefest moments to quickly appear and then submerge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/true-greatness-does-not-flaunt-itself-in-long-displays-rather-it/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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> [Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/human-greatness-does-not-lie-in-wealth-or-power-but-in-character-and/)

[Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/)

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> [Man's greatness does not consist in being different from the animals that share the earth with him, but in being...conscious of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/man-s-greatness-does-not-consist-in-being-different-from-the-animals/)

[Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/)

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> [“There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune;It is a certain manner that distinguishes us, and which seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-rochefoucauld/there-is-a-kind-of-greatness-which-does-not-depend-upon-fortune-it-is/)

[La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-rochefoucauld/)

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