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If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . .… — Henry David Thoreau
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.… — Charles Darwin
Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is,… — Paul of the Cross
After the war, Prohibition was passed, and with liquor no longer legally available the nation plunged headlong into the Great Depression. — Dave Barry
Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday… — William Butler Yeats
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude. — Therese of Lisieux
Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening! — J.R.R. Tolkien
There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing… — John Updike
It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn't know they had a caddie division. — Bob Hope
Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure. — Byron Nelson
The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time… — David Feherty
What a shame to waste those great shots on the practice tee. — Walter Hagen
If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot. — Sam Snead
That's great. They should put the hole in the fairway. — Colin Montgomerie
No one ever became great by imitation. — Samuel Johnson
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. — Samuel Johnson
Great men always pay deference to greater. — Walter Savage Landor
All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries. — Karl Pearson
Consider now the Milky Way. Here also we see an innumerable dust, only the grains of this dust are no longer atoms but stars; these… — Henri Poincare
I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was twelve. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how… — Bubba Watson
A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world. — Harry Vardon
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by… — Benjamin Rush
It was so fascinating to be a part of this, because as the women took on these central roles that had all the good lines,… — Olivia Wilde
Weightless is a great equalizer. — Sally Ride
When you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person. — Sally Ride

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