Quotes with greatness-great

Quotes 2141 till 2160 of 2249.

  • Carl von Clausewitz Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Machiavelli Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Willa Cather Where there is great love there are always miracles.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Jonathan Swift Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Heinrich Heine Whether a revolutions succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
    Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Oscar Wilde While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Adam Schiff While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Lewis Carroll Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
    Lewis Carroll
    British Writer, Mathematician (1832 - 1898)
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  • Mark Twain Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Albrecht Durer Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Asa Gray Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Ben Folds Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Herman Melville Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have out paper allegories but ill comprehended.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Bubba Watson Winning the green jacket is great - I can pay for all the diapers I'm going to have to get.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Bill Nye Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Abigail Adams Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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