A Quotes
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“A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless faith be one, it is not the faith.”
“A great saint keeps his life in his control and a great human keeps his control in his life”
“A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.”
Source: Early and miscellaneous letters
“A great scholar, in the highest sense of the term, is not one who depends simply on an infinite memory, but also on an infinite and electrical power of combination; bringing together from the four winds, like the Angel of the Resurrection, what else were dust from dead men's bones, into the unity of breathing life.”
Source: Joan of Arc: And Other Selections from Thomas De Quincey. Joan of Arc. The English mail coach (abridged).. Levana and our ladies of sorrow. Dinner, real and reputed (abridged).. I.. II.. III.. IV.
“A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.”
“A great screenplay is the most powerful bait in Hollywood.”
“A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.”
“A great sense of commitment builds a hardworking spirit.”
“A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.”
Source: The writings of a savage
“A great ship asks deep water.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it.”
“A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.”
“A great silence has descended on me for the last six months. I am as silent as an Arab in the desert, as dry, thirsty, and full of wonder and rumours which do not materialize into camels or travellers at all, but just vanish into the silent spaces from where they came. I expect this is a good thing though it is extremely irritating - the brink of a voice and never a voice.”
“A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.”
“A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“A great singer has to learn how to inhabit a song.”
“A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.”
“A great snow is the calm death of struggle and the transformative birth of life.”
“A great social reformer.”
“A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.”
Source: A Life in Letters
“A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions.”
Source: Adventures of Ideas
“A great song awakens something in your body / mind / spirit or history that you had forgotten about. It ignites some emotional kindling that you didn't even know you had stored. It awakens you to a possibility for the future - be it hope or excitement - that you never knew was possible.”
“A great song can come from anybody. A great performance can come from anybody. It doesn't matter who you are, and that's truly what I believe.”
“A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!”
“A great song can make you cry and transport you to another dimension.”
“A great song for me is when I hear it and it's contagious. The lyrics and the melody, if grows on you once and you want to hear it over and over again.”
“A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.”
“A great song is something that you go back to in twenty years and it's still so influential to you.”
“A great song is the reason you want to jump out of your bed in the morning.”
“A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.”
“A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.”
“A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way.”
“A great song will say how you feel better than you ever could.”
“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
Source: The Goldfinch
“A great soul admits its faults and explores its ignorance. We are born oblivious and through a life of study, we become acutely aware of our limitations.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“A great soul is called Saragrahi that means one who is always looking for the essence of every situation that comes before us.”
“A great soul like Buddha or Jesus wasn't just a lamp at the door; they were beacons. You and I may feel smaller than Buddha or Jesus, yet that is an opinion formed by out own egos. Spirituality, all the light being expressed through a human begin is equal, at least in terms of quantity. Why? Because light is a metaphor for the power of consciousness. Everyone's consciousness draws from the same underlying reality.”
Source: Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End
“A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.”
“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”
“A great speech is literature.”
“A great start to the perfect day - a world-class workout at the gym... It's hard to feel miserable after a great workout.”
“A great state is a well-blended mash of something of all the people and all of none of the people. The liquor of statecraft is distilled from the mash you got.”
Source: Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories: Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories
“A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.”
Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays
“A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.”
Source: An Art of Living
“A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society”
“A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.”
“A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.”
“A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith.”
“A great strategic approach isn’t just about goals; it’s about aligning resources, timing, and execution.”
“A great strategic business approach scales ideas into positive outcomes.”