Greatness quotes - page 15

Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
These warriors of the Sacred Band were inscrutable; they loved their war and death and picking through the bones of time to sort out right from wrong, good from bad, holy from profane, honor from dishonor.
 Janet Morris
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.
 George W Truett
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India.
 Lala Lajpat Rai
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. 'Reducing women to mothers' – now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I've heard.
 Steven Moffat
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.
 F. H. Bradley
Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.
 Jerry Seinfeld
Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.
Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.
As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.
 J. C. Macaulay
One finds limits by pushing them.
 Herbert Simon
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
 Herbert Hoover
Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
 Maimonides