Greatness quotes - page 14
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
Sheryl Sandberg
I imagine, like all his predecessors, Barak Obama would like to achieve greatness in bringing peace in the Middle East. I hope it will not be at the expense of Israel.
She drove me to ballet class...and she took me to every audition. She'd be proud of me if I was still sitting in that seat or if I was watching from home. She believes in me and that's why this [award] is for her. She's a wonderful mother.
Elisabeth Moss
What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more than persistent endeavor.
Pauli Murray
Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.
The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books.... America's greatness is not only recorded in books, but it is also dependent upon each and every citizen being able to utilize public libraries.
Terence Cooke
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Kara Goucher
What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.
Ralph Washington Sockman
Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.
Lee Kuan Yew
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
Start where you are, use what you have.
Arthur Ashe
I'll pay to watch MS Dhoni Bat. Dhoni is not the next Gilchrist. He's the first MS Dhoni.
Adam Gilchrist
I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.
Megan Chance
If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. That doesn't mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100 percent from day one, but there's always small progress that can be made to start the movement.
Kevin Systrom
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.
Timothy Leary
