My greatness does not extend to this shelf.
My greatness does not extend to this shelf.
My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.
A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.
He looked at her. She was pretty still, with thick hair and soft eyes, and she moved so gracefully that it almost seemed as though she were gliding. He'd seen beautiful women before, though, women who caught his eye, but to his mind, they usually lacked the traits he found most desirable. Traits like intelligence, confidence, strength of spirit, passion, traits that inspired others to greatness, traits he aspired to himself.
He seems to feel his own worth, and the greatness of his fall.
Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one's very heart - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life.
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
All mortal greatness is but disease.
Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to the animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you -- alas, it is true of almost every one of us!
Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!
The nation which once held the creed that greatness is achieved by production, is now told that it is achieved by squalor.
Within his home, he finds the home of his own inner being, the True Guru blesses him with greatness.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
We tend to look at successful athletes and make them almost bigger than life.... I have seen many young men who have achieved greatness. I have also seen those who have come up a little short of their potential. I do know that those who succeed have been able to ... recognize within themselves the potential to do something well and then work hard to prepare themselves for that eventual opportunity. Others wait for the opportunity to come and then start to work, thus coming up a little short.
If I could live for millions and millions of years, and if the air was my food and drink, and if I lived in a cave and never saw either the sun or the moon, and if I never slept, even in dreams - even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name
It doesn't work that way in life. You don't just come out of (graduate) school and become a great doctor. It takes time to build a team like we had last year. That's why from October 15th on I've never seen any greatness with this basketball team. There's too much to learn.
Texas is still every bit as great as it ever was. We simply need leaders bold enough to release its greatness.
We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.
When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer.
What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.
You are watching what greatness, is all about.
Your greatness is measured by your kindness your education and intellect by your modesty your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.
Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.
The one who is first and possessed of wisdom when born the god who strove to protect the gods with strength the one before whose force the two worlds were afraid because of the greatness of his virility, he, O people, is Indra.
There, where greatness, eternal peace and everlasting joy are bestowed, the faces of those whose minds are attuned to the True Name are anointed with the Mark of Grace. If one receives God's Grace, then such honors are received, and not by mere words.
Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.
I'm biased. I've had No. 52 here for 10 years of great football. He's a great player and a great leader. You can talk about individual greatness, but you aren't a great football player until you can carry 10 other guys with you.
France cannot be France without greatness.
I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something--or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.
Even when it wasn't easy or convenient, both my mother and father were ultimately true to themselves.... Their definition of greatness was about greatness of character.
God unites the separated ones with Himself again, and blesses them with true greatness.
O eloquent, just, and mighty Death whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded what none hath dared, thou hast done and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet.
There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
I believe in the greatness of our people.
Knight Ridder Newspapers Helen Keller believed in having a courageous dignity in the presence of fate. ... discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing, But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute hands,and ever again Gathers security from the sting of pain.
No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
It was not pessimists and reactionaries who built Britain's greatness, but visionaries, optimists and idealists,
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
O my Lord, I am so foolish save me, O my Lord God Your servant's praise is Your Own Glorious Greatness.
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
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