Quotes with greatness-great

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  • Kin Hubbard Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Billy Graham Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
    A Life God Rewards Devotional (2002)
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • James Thurber Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Norman Cousins Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.
    Norman Cousins
    American Editor, Humanitarian, Author (1915 - 1990)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Blaise Pascal Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Flannery O'Connor Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
    Flannery O'Connor
    American writer and essayist (1925 - 1964)
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  • Orison Swett Marden Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
    Orison Swett Marden
    American inspirational author (1848 - 1924)
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  • Terence Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Thornton Wilder Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
    Johann Georg - Ritter von Zimmermann
    Swiss philosopher, physician and writer (1728 - 1795)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Charles Dickens Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Tacitus Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Mae West Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Elizabeth Taylor Marriage is a great institution.
    Elizabeth Taylor
    British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian (1932 - 2011)
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  • Cate Blanchett Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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