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Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and leading on so many tributary… — Friedrich Nietzsche
What is greatness? Greatness is when you have found out that you are not great, but everything else is. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. — George Eliot
So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well. — George W. Bush
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. — Henry Fielding
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a scaffold of heavy… — Virginia Woolf
Waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play. — Patch Adams
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may… — Wallace D. Wattles
Do not talk about your greatness; you are really, in essential nature, no great than those around you. — Wallace D. Wattles
Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility… — Bruce Barton
If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding… — Elizabeth Edwards
Grief is a solitary journey. No one but you knows how great the hurt is. No one but you can know the gaping hole left… — Helen Steiner Rice
Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of… — Amy Poehler
I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to one of our degenerate Spanish-speaking residents. That's why our problem is… — Harry J. Anslinger
It's not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it's also the over $8 billion that we would be… — Arianna Huffington
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my… — William Shakespeare
You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high.… — Maya Angelou
I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is… — Maya Angelou
No great achievement is possible without persistent work. — Bertrand Russell
Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery of the Mathematics,… — Francis Bacon
Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious variety and fecundity. But inspect… — David Hume
I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings… — H.G. Wells
These Arabs, the man Mahomet, and that one century, - is it not as if a spark had fallen, one spark, on a world of… — Thomas Carlyle

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