Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. Great short quote and quotation by: Orison Swett Marden , (1850 – 1924)
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Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically. Great short quote and quotation by: Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality ,
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We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Great short quote and quotation by: John W. Gardner , US administrator (1912 – )
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We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough. Great short quote and quotation by: Rabbi Harold Kushner ,
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We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a great distance, not by virtue of any sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size. Great short quote and quotation by: […]
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We can do no great things; only small things with great love. Great short quote and quotation by: Mother Teresa , Indian humanitarian & missionary (1910 – 1997)
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Great short quote and quotation by: Aesop , Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC)
We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince , Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher (1469 – 1527)
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, September 10
We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us?it simply reveals what we are made of already. Great short quote and quotation by: Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, September 10 ,
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