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"To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe."
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"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."
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"So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer."
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"The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't."
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"It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness."
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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."
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"Worship is a response to greatness. A man does not become a worshipper merely by saying, "Now I shall become a worshipper." That is impossible. That cannot be done. A man becomes a worshipper when he sees something great that calls forth his admiration or his worship. That is the only way worshippers are made. Worship answers to greatness."
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"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer."
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"Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea."
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"What keeps me going is goals."
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"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."
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"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
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"Champions get up! When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something! Champions get up! Focus your mind, pull yourself together. If you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on! You are a champion. You are more than a conqueror. Keep the faith. Cry if you must. You are still here. God is not through with you yet. You were born to win. Champions get up! You are a champion. You have GREATNESS within you!"
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"The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world."
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"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."
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"Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity."
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"Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors."
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"The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark."
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"Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men."
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