Quotes with second-greatest

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  • John F. Kennedy Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Samuel Johnson One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bill Nelson One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.
    Bill Nelson
    American attorney and politician (1942 - )
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  • Henry Ford One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Carl Sagan One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ben Okri One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Barbara Smith One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
    Barbara Smith
    American lesbian feminist and socialist (1946 - )
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  • Norman Vincent Peale One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Carl Sandburg One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Walter Bagehot One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Caroline Glick One of the greatest problems for international journalists covering the Middle East is that people who serves as guides for journalists are often affiliated with Islamic terrorists seeking to turn for foreign visitors against Israel.
    Reprinted in Live from NYs 92nd Street Y continues. Vail Daily. October 7, 2007.
    Caroline Glick
    American-born Israeli columnist, journalist and author
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  • Nido Qubein One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.
    Nido Qubein
    American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Josh Billings One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • C. Everett Koop One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Branch Rickey Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Bill Drayton Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls. Instead, we must migrate rapidly to becoming a global 'team of teams' that comes together in whatever combination necessary to add the greatest value to the changes underway.
    Bill Drayton
    American social entrepreneur
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  • M. Drayton Our best conceits do prove the greatest liars.
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