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GREAT Quotes & Sayings

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Ralph Waldo Emmerson in GREAT

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion
G. W. F. Hegel in GREAT

Don't dwell on reality; it will only keep you from greatness
Rev. Randall R. Mcbride Jr. in GREAT

There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity
Buck Rodgers in GREAT

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?
William Thackeray in GREAT

Most certification today is pure 'credentialism.' [It] must begin to reflect our demand for excellence, not our appreciation of parchment.
William John Bennett in GREAT

The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
Mary Bertone in GREAT

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer in GREAT

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck in GREAT

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Albert Camus in GREAT

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill in GREAT

The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill in GREAT

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness of a road leading towards the unknown.
General Charles De Gaulle in GREAT

It used to take courage--indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence--to leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.
Alvaro de Solva in GREAT

What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty
Ralph Waldo Emerson in GREAT

To be great is to be misunderstood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson in GREAT

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theori
John William Gardner in GREAT

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Stephen Jobs in GREAT

I believe the destiny of your generation-and your nation-is a rendezvous with excellence.
Lyndon Baines Johnson in GREAT

The noblest search is the search for excellence.
Lyndon Baines Johnson in GREAT

There is no real excellence in all this world Which can be separated from right living.
David Star Jordan in GREAT

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy in GREAT

Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. you only need a heart full of grace. a soul generated by love.
Martin Luther King, Jr. in GREAT

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr. in GREAT

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
Jean Babtiste Henri Lacordaire in GREAT

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi in GREAT

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel, are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi in GREAT

After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring
Vincent Thomas Lombardi in GREAT

To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before
George Stanley McGovern in GREAT

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Marabel Morgan in GREAT

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