“How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.”
— C. S. Lewis
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No great man ever complains of want
“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Great things are not accomplished by those
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
— Jack Kerouac
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The great nations have always acted like
“The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.”
— Stanley Kubrick
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All great change in America begins at
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
— Ronald Reagan
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All men who have achieved great things
“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”
— Orison Swett Marden
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It is not enough to have great
“It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Just as a man would not cherish
“Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
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As a child I was a great
“As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.”
— Gunter Grass
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A battle lost or won is easily
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”
— Frederick Douglass
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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”
— Thomas Fuller
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