“A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.”
— Paul Valery
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but
“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The desire for safety stands against every
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
— Tacitus
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A great revolution in just one single
“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
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In reading the lives of great men,
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.”
— Harry S. Truman
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There are two powers in the world;
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.”
— Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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A great building must begin with the
“A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.”
— Louis Kahn
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There is a great discovery still to
“There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are
“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”
— Irving Berlin
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The American people should be made aware
“The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.”
— Spiro T. Agnew
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The great advantage of a hotel is
“The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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