Plato
Philosopher
"When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things."
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Great Things
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Frederick The Great
King
"Great things are achieved only when we take great risks."
Richard Pryor
Comedian, Actor
"I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life."
Zelda Fitzgerald
Author
"She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Theologian
"Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?"
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"The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love."
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"We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved."
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"You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them."
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"There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?"
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"All great things are done for their own sake."
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"Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things."
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"We must be young to do great things."
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"The great thing about an attitude is that it's yours and you can change it."
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"Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together."
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"Doing great things for others is an awesome gift to give yourself."
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"Together we can do great things."
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"If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived."
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"You should make great things, not promising great things."
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"It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence."
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"The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet."
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"The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out."
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"A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them."
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"A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man."
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"Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise."
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"Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed."
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