Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 10001 till 10020 of 12035.

  • Myriam Miedzian To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson To be great is to be misunderstood.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Don Piatt To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents.
    Don Piatt
     
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  • Mark Twain To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bertrand Russell To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life slowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Johann G. Fichte To be happy is not the purpose of our being rather it is to deserve happiness.
    Johann G. Fichte
    German philosopher
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  • Albert Camus To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Helen Rowland To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • William Penn To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Berry Wendell To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
    Berry Wendell
    American novelist, poet and environmental activist (1934 - )
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  • Wendell Berry To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
    Wendell Berry
    American writer and poet (1934 - )
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  • Bono To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • William Shakespeare To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Akhenaton To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Blair Underwood To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson To be truly happy is a question of how we begin, and not how we end, of what we want and not what we have.
    Source: The Complete Works (2015)
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • André Maurois To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • William Shakespeare To be, or not to be: that is the question.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare To be, or not to be; that is the question;
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
    And by opposing, end them.
    Source: Hamlet
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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