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Silence is a source of great strength.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle — my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern.
Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.
Half a truth is often a great lie.
Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.
That's what's great about the horror genre is that you're getting a load of people together in the cinema at the same place and the same time, having them all experience extreme fear and come out alive at the end. It's an uplifting experience, and there's a sense of elation.
A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Habit is a great deadener.
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.
To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
