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As someone who tried to be great. I don't know if one ever gets to greatness, but I've put in a good effort, and will continue to do so.
During my freshman year of college, it became undeniably clear that I didn't want to be great again. I correlated greatness with misery.
The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.
To really achieve any level of greatness, you have to be willing to say yes no matter who says no, and to say no no matter who says yes.
History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.
You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.
Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?
To become great, you have to be born great. If you are born again then you are the seed of Abraham. That means you have greatness in you!
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
God really is in the business of blessing his people in unusual ways so his goodness and his greatness will be declared among all peoples.
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath Breathless mouths may summon; I hail the superhuman; I call it death-in-life and life-in-death.
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
So many will try to destroy me. So many, over and over, coming in periods of greatness. But in this period, I cannot be broken: GAGAKLEIN.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night. Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence.
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes.
A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity a part of universal humanity.
Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
Hope looks good on paper. But what creates greatness is focus, dedication and hard work. Daily. Go do it. We deserve to see you fly in 2014.
By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.
The final test of greatness in a CEO is how well he chooses a successor and whether he can step aside and let the successor run the company.
The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!
Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.
We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.
The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.
Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?
The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
I truly believe that America`s greatness and billions and billions of dollars of our wealth flows away because China doesn`t treat us fairly.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.
Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature.
Satan fools and feigns, blows and bluffs, and we so often take his threats to heart and forget the "exceeding greatness of God's power to us.
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
One of Nadal’s strengths is that he’s so humble, that he’s surprised at what he has achieved, and that he has never bought into his greatness.
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
Those who in this world have the courage to try and solve in their own lives new problems of life, are the ones who raise society to greatness.