“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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They that apply themselves to trifling matters
“They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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No person who is not a great
“No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.”
— John Ruskin
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I have come to believe that a
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
— John Steinbeck
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Heat of blood makes young people change
“Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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When a great team loses through complacency,
“When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.”
— Pat Riley
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Too often the great decisions are originated
“Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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The three great elemental sounds in nature
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.”
— Henry Beston
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Irreligion – the principal one of the
“Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct
“Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.”
— Mark Twain
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It makes no difference how deeply seated
“It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.”
— Emmet Fox
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