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Selfless service is the pathway to true greatness. ~ Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu
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One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others. ~ J. C. Macaulay
True Greatness quotes by J. C. Macaulay
economic - when economic security and basic materialistic needs are guaranteed to all - then incentive will not disappear, but be of a different sort, increasing in strength and determination, producing true greatness, not the kind of transparent, transient "greatness" which present incentives produce. ~ Neale Donald Walsch
True Greatness quotes by Neale Donald Walsch
I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness. ~ Dorothy Gish
True Greatness quotes by Dorothy Gish
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them. ~ Nicholas Of Cusa
True Greatness quotes by Nicholas Of Cusa
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great men to come, who shall be able to instruct, to lead, and to inspire. A people who worship at the shrine of true greatness will themselves be truly great. ~ Calvin Coolidge
True Greatness quotes by Calvin Coolidge
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them. ~ J. Oswald Sanders
True Greatness quotes by J. Oswald Sanders
In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star. ~ Hugh Nibley
True Greatness quotes by Hugh Nibley
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
True Greatness quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
History will thank me for keeping this journal at such a young age. As one of those rare individuals destined for true greatness, this record of my thoughts and convictions will provide invaluable insight into budding genius. Think of it! A priceless historical document in the making! Wow! ... so who ELSE should I add to my list of total jerks? ~ Bill Watterson
True Greatness quotes by Bill Watterson
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after you. It is my duty."
"If you wish to suffer, you do so of your own free will, not on my behalf. Or Father's or Grandmama's or anyone's. You are a fine physician, Thomas. Why is that not enough?"
"Because it isn't," he says with a rare candor. "Only this and the hope of nothing more? A quiet respectability with no true greatness or heroism in it, with only my reputation to recommend me. So you see, Gemma, you are not the only one who cannot rule her own life. ~ Libba Bray
True Greatness quotes by Libba Bray
A man will gain power and efficiency as he accepts the responsibilities that God places upon him, and with his whole soul seeks to qualify himself to bear them aright. However humble his position or limited his ability, that man will attain true greatness who, trusting to divine strength, seeks to perform his work with fidelity. Had Moses relied upon his own strength and wisdom, and eagerly accepted the great charge, he would have evinced his entire unfitness for such a work. The fact that a man feels his weakness is at least some evidence that he realizes the magnitude of the work appointed him, and that he will make God his counselor and his strength. ~ Ellen G. White
True Greatness quotes by Ellen G. White
Talking about the problem had replaced actually doing something about it. ~ Rick Yancey
True Greatness quotes by Rick Yancey
I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around me, I will only happen upon true greatness when I happen upon the true God. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
True Greatness quotes by Craig D. Lounsbrough
Too many people want to have mountaintop experiences at rock-bottom prices and that just doesn't work. Greatness doesn't come at a discount. If you want true greatness, you have to pay the full price for it. ~ Damilola Oluwatoyinbo
True Greatness quotes by Damilola Oluwatoyinbo
The true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity. ~ Thomas Paine
True Greatness quotes by Thomas Paine
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
True Greatness quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda
Those things which we call extraordinary,remarkable, or unusual may make history, but they do not make real life.
After all, to do well those things which God ordained to be the common lot of all mankind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman.' (Juvenile Instructor, 15 Dec. 1905,
p. 752.) ...
True greatness is never a result of a chance occurrence or a one-time effort or achievement. It requires the development of character. It requires a multitude of correct decisions for the everyday choices between good and evil. ~ Joseph Fielding Smith
True Greatness quotes by Joseph Fielding Smith
A critical assumption is sometimes made that [Grisham, Clancey, Crichton & myself] have access to some mystical vulgate that other (and often better) writers cannot find or will not deign to use. I doubt if this is true. Nor do I believe the contention of some popular novelists ... that thier success is based on literary merit
that the public understands true greatness in ways the tight-a**ed, consumed-by-jealousy literary establishment cannot. This idea is ridiculous, a product of vanity and insecurity. ~ Stephen King
True Greatness quotes by Stephen King
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind. ~ Phillips Brooks
True Greatness quotes by Phillips Brooks
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. ~ Charles Simmons
True Greatness quotes by Charles Simmons
I must not hesitate to acknowledge where Europe is great, for great she is without doubt. We cannot help loving her with all our heart, and paying her the best homage of our admiration, - the Europe who, in her literature and art, pours out an inexhaustible cascade of beauty and truth fertilizing all countries and all time; the Europe who, with a mind which is titanic in its untiring power, is sweeping the height and the depth of the universe, winning her homage of knowledge from the infinitely great and the infinitely small, applying all the resources of her great intellect and heart in healing the sick and alleviating those miseries of man which up till now we were contented to accept in a spirit of hopeless resignation; the Europe who is making the earth yield more fruit than seemed possible, coaxing and compelling the great forces of nature into man's service. Such true greatness must have its motive power in spiritual strength. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
True Greatness quotes by Rabindranath Tagore
True greatness is devoting all my energy to becoming a servant and not getting upset when I am treated like one. ~ Bill Gothard
True Greatness quotes by Bill Gothard
Giving consistent effort in the little things in day-to-day life leads to true greatness. Specifically, it is the thousands of little deeds and tasks of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving or losing of one's life for others and for the Lord. They include gaining a knowledge of our Father in Heaven and of the gospel. They also include bringing others into the faith and fellowship of his kingdom. These things do not usually receive the attention or the adulation of the world ... ~ Howard W. Hunter
True Greatness quotes by Howard W. Hunter
True greatness ... always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time. ~ Howard W. Hunter
True Greatness quotes by Howard W. Hunter
To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone. ~ Thomas Lansing Masson
True Greatness quotes by Thomas Lansing Masson
No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind. ~ Phillips Brooks
True Greatness quotes by Phillips Brooks
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
True Greatness quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit. ~ Stephen Covey
True Greatness quotes by Stephen Covey
True greatness and true power is faithful all the way down, including humbly quick to admit limitedness, sin and brokenness, and to ask for forgiveness. ~ Andy Crouch
True Greatness quotes by Andy Crouch
Make me the father, O Lord, who will show my sons enough of a sense of humor, so that they will always be serious, but never take themselves too seriously. Give them humility, so they will always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. ~ Thom S. Rainer
True Greatness quotes by Thom S. Rainer
Every time I create something, whether an idea or a work of art, initially, its supposed completion seems absolutely perfect to me. However the more I think about it, stare it down, the more it marinates in my soul over the hours, days, and weeks, the more flaws I start to find in it; and finally, the more I'm pressed to continue enhancing it. It essentially turns out that whatever thing a flawed and imperfect, human eye once thought was amazing begins to appear quite wretched. This is why, eternally, God cannot be impressed by mere talents or by mortal achievements. To perfect eyes, I imagine that great is not really that great; rather, humility is ultimately a human being's true greatness. ~ Criss Jami
True Greatness quotes by Criss Jami
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
True Greatness quotes by L. Ron Hubbard
Jesus Christ is our true greatness; it is He alone and His Cross that should be sought in running after these people; for if you strive for anything else, you will gain naught but bodily and spiritual affliction. But having found Jesus Christ in His Cross, you have found the roses in the thorns, sweetness in bitterness, everything in nothing. ~ Francis Talbot, S.J.
True Greatness quotes by Francis Talbot, S.J.
True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind. ~ James Anthony Froude
True Greatness quotes by James Anthony Froude
Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest. ~ Thomas Paine
True Greatness quotes by Thomas Paine
I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people. ~ George W. Bush
True Greatness quotes by George W. Bush
The root of all true greatness, is humility. ~ C. JoyBell C.
True Greatness quotes by C. JoyBell C.
It is easy to love and sing one's love. That is something I am extremely good at doing. Indeed, that is my art. But to be loved, that is true greatness. Being loved, letting oneself be loved, entering the magic and dreadful circle of generosity, receiving gifts, finding the right thank-you's, that is love's real work. ~ Helene Cixous
True Greatness quotes by Helene Cixous
Do you think we're making a mistake?" snapped the Bishop.
"Not at all," said Dom Cristao. "I think we've taken a step toward something truly magnificent. But humankind almost never forgives true greatness."
"Fortunately," said the Bishop, "humankind isn't the judge that matters. And now I intend to pray for this boy, since medical science has obviously reached the boundary of its competence. ~ Orson Scott Card
True Greatness quotes by Orson Scott Card
My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera. ~ Yousuf Karsh
True Greatness quotes by Yousuf Karsh
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
True Greatness quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel
True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. ~ J. Oswald Sanders
True Greatness quotes by J. Oswald Sanders
The world may not applaud us for wiping running noses, driving in carpools, or talking with our teenager into the wee hours of the morning. And until they are trained, our children might not thank us either. But as we set aside our own selfish desires and glorify God by joyfully serving our children, we are pursuing true greatness according to the Bible. Let us do so with tenderness, affection, and with a smile! ~ Carolyn Mahaney
True Greatness quotes by Carolyn Mahaney
If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from achieving true greatness. ~ Rod Hundley
True Greatness quotes by Rod Hundley
Who can escape when in your grip,
When your dark eyes confront one?
I do not wish to flee when you seize me,
I never shall believe that you only destroy.
I know that you must course through everyone's life
and nothing earthbound stays untouched by you,
Though life without you would be beautiful!
And yet, it is worthwhile to experience you.
Indeed, you are not a night's phantom;
You come to remind the spirit of its strength:
It's the battle that has made the greatest persons great
-on rugged roads towards the goal.
For that, and happiness and joy,
give me only one thing;
pain which lends true greatness.
So, come and let us wrestle breast to breast;
do come, even if it means life or death.
Do come and lip into the heart's deepest interior
and rummage through the depths of life.
Take away dream's illusion and joy;
take away things not worth one's unlimited strivings.
You are not mankind's final conqueror.
Although we expose our breast to your blows
and although we collapse in death,
you are the pedestal for our soul's greatness. ~ Lou Andreas Salome
True Greatness quotes by Lou Andreas Salome
A man's greatness lies not in wealth and station, as the vulgar believe, not yet in his intellectual capacity, which is often associated with the meanest moral character, the most abject servility to those in high places and arrogance to the poor and lowly; but a man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examination, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right, without troubling himself, as the emperor says he should not, about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not do that which he thinks and says and does. ~ Marcus Aurelius
True Greatness quotes by Marcus Aurelius
True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm. ~ Josei Toda
True Greatness quotes by Josei Toda
True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love. ~ L. Ron Hubbard
True Greatness quotes by L. Ron Hubbard
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ~ Simone Weil
True Greatness quotes by Simone Weil
To do one's best in the face of the commonplace struggles of life, and possibly in the face of failures, and to continue to endure and persevere with the ongoing difficulties of life - when those struggles and tasks contribute to the progress and happiness of others and the eternal salvation of one's self - this is true greatness. ~ Howard W. Hunter
True Greatness quotes by Howard W. Hunter
True greatness, first of all, is a thing of the heart. It is alive with robust and generous sympathies. It is neither behind its age nor too far before it. It is up with its age, and ahead of it only just so far as to be able to lead its march. It cannot slumber, for activity is a necessity of its existence. It is no reservoir, but a fountain. ~ Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
True Greatness quotes by Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
Only by creating out of love will one achieve true greatness. ~ A.D. Posey
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All men fear death. It's a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we haven't loved well enough or loved at all, which ultimately are one and the same. However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears. Because when you are sharing your body and heart with a great woman the world fades away. You two are the only ones in the entire universe. You conquer what most lesser men have never conquered before, you have conquered a great woman's heart, the most vulnerable thing she can offer to another. Death no longer lingers in the mind. Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, and for loving, become your sole reality. This is no easy task for it takes insurmountable courage. But remember this, for that moment when you are making love with a woman of true greatness you will feel immortal.
I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving or not loving well, which is the same thing. And when the man who is brave and true looks death squarely in the face like some rhino hunters I know or Belmonte, who is truly brave, it is because they love with sufficient passion to push death out of their minds. Until it returns, as it does to all men. And then you must make really good love again. Think about it. ~ Woody Allen
True Greatness quotes by Woody Allen
I have learned that greatness is not often born at the head of armies or standing before large gatherings of people. I have learned that it is only rarely manifested in grandiose words or bold action and that it has little to do with position or title or authority. Rather, true greatness most often comes from small turnings within the soul, in quiet ways, in actions that the world will little note. Greatness is around us, below us. It is not often above us. We need to reach down for greatness, where the small things are at our feet. It comes in small, simple words and sublime magnanimity. ~ Donald S. Smurthwaite
True Greatness quotes by Donald S. Smurthwaite
Greatness isn't worldly fame and success. Laying humble service for humanity's best is true greatness. ~ Chinonye J. Chidolue
True Greatness quotes by Chinonye J. Chidolue
The existentialist will not ask, "What is this thing?" but "What does this thing signify for me?" Thus he will put the altogether subjective "significance" in place of the objective nature, which is not only the height of absurdity but also of pride and insolence. As true greatness " signifies" nothing for the little man, he will see in it only a kind of infirmity the better to be able to enjoy his own "significant" inflatedness. ~ Frithjof Schuon
True Greatness quotes by Frithjof Schuon
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier - when it's spelled with a lower case letter. ~ Richard Hamming
True Greatness quotes by Richard Hamming
Thus, when Paul says, "Praise the Lord all you nations, and let all the peoples extol him" (Rom. 15:11), he is saying that there is something about God that is so universally praiseworthy and so profoundly beautiful and so comprehensively worth and so deeply satisfying that God will find passionate admirers in every diverse people group in the world. His true greatness will be manifest in the breadth of the diversity of those who perceive and cherish his beauty. His excellence will be shown to be higher and deeper than the parochial preferences that make us happy most of the time. His appeal will be to the deepest, highest, largest capacities of the human soul. Thus, the diversity of the source of admiration will testify to his incomparable glory. ~ John Piper
True Greatness quotes by John Piper
The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart. ~ Mencius
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A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness. ~ Daniel Webster
True Greatness quotes by Daniel Webster
People change spouses more often than they clean out closets. And every time they say, 'This is the one. This is the person I'm going to spend eternity with.' Then forty or fifty years go by and you're just sick of each other, utterly sick, and it's on to the next 'true love.' My question is what good is eternity if you are eternally falling in and out of love? ~ Rick Yancey
True Greatness quotes by Rick Yancey
Note that the best rationalizations are those that have an element of truth. Whether you vote or not will almost certainly have no influence on the outcome of an election. Nor will the amount of carbon you personally put into the atmosphere make a difference in the fate of the planet. And perhaps it really should be up to governments rather than the charities that are soliciting your contributions to feed the hungry and homeless in America or save children around the world from crushing poverty and abuse. But the fact that these statements are true doesn't mean they aren't also rationalizations that you and others use to justify questionable behavior.

This uncomfortable truth is crucial to an understanding of the link between rationalization and evil - an understanding that starts with the awareness that sane people rarely, if ever, act in a truly evil manner unless they can successfully rationalize their actions... [The] process of rationalizing evil deeds committed by whole societies is a collective effort rather than a solely individual enterprise. ~ Thomas Gilovich
True Greatness quotes by Thomas Gilovich
The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. The people- beaten down today, yet rising tomorrow; losing the road one minute but finding it the next; their eyes always fixed on a star of true brotherhood, equality and dignity- the people are the real guardians of our hopes and dreams. ~ Paul Robeson
True Greatness quotes by Paul Robeson
Freedom, wholeness, and true success can only be found when you are living a praying life. That means walking so close to God that He can keep you away from danger and guide you where you need to go ~ Stormie O'martian
True Greatness quotes by Stormie O'martian
!The true magick of art is the discovery of the sublime within the mundane, the beautiful within the grotesque, the light within the darkness and all those reversed.! ~ Andy Paciorek
True Greatness quotes by Andy Paciorek
But what about the apparent absurdity of the idea of dignity, freedom, and reason, sustained by extreme military discipline, including of the practice of discarding weak children? This "absurdity" is simply the price of freedom - freedom is not free, as they put it in the film [300]. Freedom is not something given, it is regained through a hard struggle in which one should be ready to risk everything. Spartan ruthless military discipline is not simply the opposite of Athenian "liberal democracy," it is its inherent condition, it lays the foundation for it: the free subject of Reason can only emerge through ruthless self-discipline. True freedom is not a freedom of choice made from a safe distance, like choosing between a strawberry cake and a chocolate cake; true freedom overlaps with necessity, one makes a truly free choice when one's choice puts at stake one's very existence - one does it because one simply "cannot do otherwise." When one's country is under foreign occupation and one is called by a resistance leader to join the fight against the occupiers, the reason given is not "you are free to choose," but: "Can't you see that this is the only thing you can do if you want to retain your dignity? ~ Slavoj Zizek
True Greatness quotes by Slavoj Zizek
I'm a true believer in working hard and partying hard. I'm fortunate to be one of those people who can have just as much fun partying without alcohol. ~ Richard Branson
True Greatness quotes by Richard Branson
One forgets that part of one's performance is one's history - or sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an audience knows, what they expect. This seems to be true of all performers; there's baggage that gets carried into the venue that we can't see. ~ David Byrne
True Greatness quotes by David Byrne
It seemed to him that life's true tragedy was to lift up one's voice among the living and be met with indifference. ~ Cristina Garcia
True Greatness quotes by Cristina Garcia
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy. ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
True Greatness quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One with true creativity can erase their one past, and replace it with an infinite number of pasts, creating new possibilities for the future. ~ Lionel Suggs
True Greatness quotes by Lionel Suggs
The capacity for deluding ourselves that today's reality is the only true one, on the one hand, sustains us, but on the other, it plunges us into an endless void, because today's reality is destined to prove delusion for us tomorrow; and life doesn't conclude. It can't conclude. Tomorrow if it concludes, it's finished. ~ Luigi Pirandello
True Greatness quotes by Luigi Pirandello
It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting. ~ Edward McKendree Bounds
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I can't think that it would be terrible of me to say - and it is occasionally true - that I need physics more than friends. ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
True Greatness quotes by J. Robert Oppenheimer
But what is your true self is the God within you who became you, and when you realize that you are not yourself but you are he, then you discover that you and he are one, just as Jesus said. Jesus was a great master, and he had great teachings for the world, and when it says in the Bible, "All those who received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God." ~ Goswami Kriyananda
True Greatness quotes by Goswami Kriyananda
The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding. ~ Nhat Hanh
True Greatness quotes by Nhat Hanh
Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies!
get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to
it's true that fresh air is good for the body
but what about the soul
that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images
and when you grow old as grow old you must
they won't hate you ~ Frank O'Hara
True Greatness quotes by Frank O'Hara
it is probably true that the list of the Ten Best Dressed Women is also a list of the Ten hungriest Women ~ Geneviève Antoine Dariaux
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart. ~ John Eldredge
True Greatness quotes by John Eldredge
In the eye of the law no doubt, man and wife are for many purposes one: but that is a strong figurative expression, and cannot be so dealt with as that all the consequences must follow which would result from its being literally true. ~ William Henry Maule
True Greatness quotes by William Henry Maule
I want (the story) to be about good and evil and true love, and it should also be funny. No talking animals. Not too much fooling around with the narrative structure. The ending should be happy but still realistic, believable, you know, and there shouldn't be a moral although we should be able to think back later and have some sort of revelation. No 'and suddenly they woke up and discovered that it was all a dream.' Got that? ~ Kelly Link
True Greatness quotes by Kelly Link
When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal. ~ Lu Xun
True Greatness quotes by Lu Xun
This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter. ~ Milton Mayer
True Greatness quotes by Milton Mayer
We are our own worst enemies. How banal and trite that sounds, but [ ... ] have come to believe that all the greatest truths are trite and banal, when spoken aloud in their simplest and most honest terms. Perhaps they can only be imparted in the Cant, in a language which writes itself onto your heart so that you understand not just the words but all the shattering ramifications of of a sentence which, when heard without true understanding, seems quite risibly simplistic.
We are our own worst enemies.
People die. ~ Hal Duncan
True Greatness quotes by Hal Duncan
A victim has the potential to transform into a survivor, but if that is forgotten, a true victim is what they become. A survivor must endure strife and persevere against those thoughts that would convince them otherwise. Holding fast to ones will will allow them to know their strength has not evaporated; They will never be without hope. ~ J.D. Stroube
True Greatness quotes by J.D. Stroube
The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and everybody. The writer is everybody's best friend and only true enemy - the good and great enemy. He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a writer is a rebel who never stops. ~ William, Saroyan
True Greatness quotes by William, Saroyan
The opposite of every truth is just as true. ~ Hermann Hesse
True Greatness quotes by Hermann Hesse
There's no point in making up a world, Elisabeth said, when there's already a real world, There's just the world, and there's the truth about the world.
You mean there's the truth, and there's the made-up version of it that we get told about the world, Daniel said.
No. The world exists. Stories are made up, Elisabeth said.
But no less true for that, Daniel said. ~ Ali Smith
True Greatness quotes by Ali Smith
There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and conduct intelligible to them. ~ Jack London
True Greatness quotes by Jack London
Being happy is more important than anything else. ~ Jenny Holzer
True Greatness quotes by Jenny Holzer
I've delivered lots of babies, and I know about these things. It is true. We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.' So he was partially right wasn't he? But the fact that a woman may have already ovulated 12 hours before she is raped, you're not going to prevent a pregnancy there by a woman's body shutting anything down because the horse has already left the barn, so to speak. ~ Phil Gingrey
True Greatness quotes by Phil Gingrey
The Solent was one the worse stretches of sea in England; the current and tides were atrocious, but it was summer and this time the currents and tides were predictable. However, I did not know this; I picked a spot that I could see from the phone, where I would swim from. ~ Stephen Richards
True Greatness quotes by Stephen Richards
True kindness is an anchor that drops deep into the heart and you feel it while it's dropping. Meanwhile, untrue kindness is merely a condition of the face. ~ C. JoyBell C.
True Greatness quotes by C. JoyBell C.
Pain is a byproduct of life. That's the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That's true for everyone. But if you don't face the pain and the suck, you don't ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for. ~ Jim Butcher
True Greatness quotes by Jim Butcher
Love makes you feel out of the the world so does the hydrogen bomb.just the difference between them is there way of letting us feel as we are feeling at that moment are different.one let us to dream and the other makes our dangerous dream come true. ~ Sagar Ohlyan
True Greatness quotes by Sagar Ohlyan
A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little. ~ Jostein Gaarder
True Greatness quotes by Jostein Gaarder
It is true that the speculator may happen to go astray in his estimate of future prices. What is usually overlooked in considering this possibility is that under the given conditions it is far beyond the capacities of most people to foresee the future any more correctly. If this were not so, the opposing group of buyers or sellers would have got the upper hand in the market. The fact that the opinion accepted by the market has later proved to be false is lamented by nobody with more genuine sorrow than by the speculators who held it. They do not err of malice prepense; after all, their object is to make profits, not losses. ~ Ludwig Von Mises
True Greatness quotes by Ludwig Von Mises
A genius is produced not by a woman's womb but by a man's efforts. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
True Greatness quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Trust the almighty. He'll open up the right door at the right time ~ Sophieya
True Greatness quotes by Sophieya
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