“ Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1K
“ When i was growing up i always wanted to be someone. now i realize i should have been more specific. ”
- Lily Tomlin- Copy
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“ He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. ”
- John Ruskin- Copy
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“ A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps. ”
- David Lloyd George- Copy
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“ If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ”
- Isaac Newton- Copy
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“ The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood. ”
- John Burroughs- Copy
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“ The vast majority of homeowners have a sizable equity cushion with which to absorb a potential decline in house prices. ”
- Alan Greenspan- Copy
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“ O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world — that is the myth of the atomic age — as in being able to remake ourselves. ”
- Mahatma Gandhi- Copy
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“ There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. ”
- Leo Tolstoy- Copy
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“ Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ”
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson- Copy
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“ A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed receipt. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ”
- Sally Koch- Copy
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“ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. ”
- Arnold J. Toynbee- Copy
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“ In my stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. ”
- George Champman- Copy
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“ Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. ”
- John Steinbeck- Copy
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“ If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ One might speak to great length of the three corners of reality what was seen, what was thought to be seen, and what was thought ought to be seen. ”
- Marvel Bell- Copy
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“ The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness. ”
- Eric Sevareid- Copy
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“ One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 1.3K
“ He prayeth best who loveth bestAll things, both great and small. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
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