Best Truly Great Quotes
131 Truly Great quotes by 107 unique authors
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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the…
— Stephen Spender
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I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry…
— Valentino Garavani
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At the core, there is one simple, overarching reason why so many people remain unsatisfied in their work and why most organisations fail to draw…
— Stephen Covey
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Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.
— Matthew Henry
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The one thing that I think separates Microsoft from a lot of other people is we make bold bets. We're persistent about them, but we…
— Steve Ballmer
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If the imagination is shackled, and nothing is described but what we see, seldom will anything truly great be produced either in Painting or Poetry
— Thomas Cole
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Ian Callaghan is everything good that a man can be. No praise is too high for him. Words cannot do justice to the amount he…
— Bill Shankly
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True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
— L. Ron Hubbard
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Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.
— Alexandra David-Neel
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When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light.
— David Heinemeier Hansson
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Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of intellectual endeavour. Truly…
— John Naughton
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The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
— Laozi
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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
— William Hazlitt
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An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
— John Ruskin
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A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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He is truly great who hath a great charity.
— Thomas a Kempis
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To the designer, great design is beautiful design. A significant amount of effort must be placed into making the product attractive. To the client, great…
— Unknown Author
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I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious... knocked out cold before... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out…
— Jim Lampley
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The truly great person is the one who gives you a chance.
— Unknown Author
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There are no great fanfares for the truly great moments of your life. Just dripping taps and the sound of your own footsteps, walking from…
— Kathleen Tessaro
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Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse.
— Pope Julius II
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Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeier’s book teaches the all-important truth that it…
— Michele Borba
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To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.
— Mark Twain
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Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him). He…
— Zhuangzi
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Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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