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Great Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations…
- Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the…
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are…
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are…
- You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.
- The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.
- What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who…
- An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the…
- Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order of nature, so…
- He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him…
- They who shall enter into [the] joy [of the Lord] shall know what is going on outside in the outer darkness. . .The saints'. .…
- None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
- Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.
- Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look…
- For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts…
More Great Quotes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. — William Shakespeare
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- A little praise goes a great ways. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Every great man is unique. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino