Famous Quotes: Great

The great thieves lead away the little thief.
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Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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Power is the great aphrodisiac.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth?
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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
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You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
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To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
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