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"Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men."
"People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working."
"Choose to be in close proximity to people who are empowering...wh o see the greatness in you!"
"Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land."
"Our mission is to celebrate the greatness of Creation and connect it again to the Core where it came from and to where it will go, with care, lightness, joy, reverence and love."
"Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors."
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable for they determine whether we use power or power uses us."
"Big Dreams Ccreate the Magic that Stir Men's Souls to Greatness..."
"Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear"
"Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting."
"To respond is positive, to react is negative."
"When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness."
"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."
"Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage."
"I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive ... the time to flower is now."
"The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment."
"You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own."
"As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way."
"See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things"
"Surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself!"
