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greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
matters
We won. That's all that matters to me. D. James
matters people reinforced september stories whatever
September 11 reinforced for me that whatever I'm writing about, it better be something that really matters to me because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And for me it's stories about people in pain in New York.
matters solid
The only ranking that really matters to us is how we feel about this class, and we feel like we have another good, solid class. Dennis Franchione
matters middle night serious solve
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. Philip Dick
matters sort statistic voters
One of the things voters will have to sort out is which statistic matters more. Mark Zandi
matters none supposed
None of this matters if we don't go out there and play the way we're supposed to, Jorge Posada
matters peers
I'm an All-Star in my mind, and I'm an All-Star to this city, my peers and this organization. So that's all that matters to me. Gilbert Arenas
matters
I don't even think like that, ... Why wouldn't you want me? I went out there and did what I had to do today. That's all that really matters to me right now.
matters stage whether work
The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film. Sally Field
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
small-business enjoy taxes
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes. Chris Alexander
small-numbers community energy
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are causing it. Widely known as climate change "skeptics" or "deniers," these individuals are generally not climate scientists and do not debate the science with the climate scientists... David Suzuki
small-details details add
It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression. Cary Grant
small-acts millions
A small act is worth a million thoughts. Ai Weiwei
smallness
I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness. Barry Diller
small-acts bless acts-of-service
Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
small-objects hands eggs
There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof. Diana Gabaldon
small-changes lasting-change healthy
It's the fact that no matter how bad it's gotten, the body wants to be healthy. The body wants to bounce back. When you do these changes, you do these small changes every single day, and you trust the process of what you're doing. You really do make lasting changes onto your body. Bob Harper
small stuff turned
When we were younger, you know, small stuff was small stuff. But we turned it into big stuff. It's just part of being young. Nikki Sixx
themselves tried turned
I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young. Robert Redford
themselves truth
Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse. Aaron Swartz
themselves ultimately whom
Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
themselves
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. Stephen Covey
themselves training work
But those things usually work themselves out during training camp.
themselves
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller
themselves turning
We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents. Bill Cosby
themselves
Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible. Jorma Taccone
themselves
Speculators are tripping over themselves to get out.
wish gates
The wishing gate opens into nothing. Charles Spurgeon
wish half wells
The literati in their cellarsPerform semantic tarantellas.I wish I did it half as well as them. Al Stewart
wish weakness euthanasia
My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing. Al Pacino
wish world back-again
Wish I could spin my world into reverse just to have you back again David Guetta
wish three drink
I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have not learned that. Caitlin Moran
wish narnia wardrobe
Daryl shrugged. "If wishes were wardrobes, we'd be in Narnia. Bryan Davis
wish expected wish-you-the-best
I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected. Catherynne M. Valente
wish criminal-mind criminals
Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to) William Shakespeare
wish purpose failing
If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.