Quotes 2641 till 2660 of 11281.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime . Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
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Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.
Doctor Zhivago -
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 130 -
Guys are playing fantasy football; some guys I think even play fantasy baseball. I don't get involved with it. I have five kids; I just don't have time. Not that anything's wrong with the fantasy, but I just don't have time for it with my lifestyle.
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Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.
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Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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