“A great man is always willing to be little.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“A great man is always willing to be little.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.”
— Victor Hugo
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“Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.”
— Adam Schiff
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“The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.”
— Oscar Wilde
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“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.”
— Helen Gurley Brown
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“The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.”
— J. K. Rowling
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“Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.”
— Black Elk
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“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
— John F. Kennedy
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“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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“Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.”
— Alfred Adler
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