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“The stately heavens which glory doth array, are mirrors of God's admirable might; there, whence forth spreads the night, forth springs the day. He fix'd the fountains of this temporal light, where stately stars enstall'd, some stand, some stray, all sparks of his great power (though small) yet bright. By what none utter can, no, not conceive. All of his greatness, shadows may perceive.”

May Light Might Night Heaven Stars Greatness Spring Glory Shadow Mirrors Spread Perceive Sparks Fountain Admirable Great Power

Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

“Since, by your greatness, you Are nearer heaven in place; be nearer it In goodness: rich men should transcend the poor, As clouds the earth; rais'd by the comfort of The sun, to water dry and barren grounds.”

Men Should Earth Heaven Water Poor Sun Rich Greatness Comfort Goodness Clouds Dry Barren Rich Man

Author:Cyril Tourneur

“Any base heart can devise means of vileness, and affix the ugly shapings of its own fancy to the actions of those around him; but it requires loftiness of mind, and the heaven-born spirit of virtue, to imagine greatness where it is not, and to deck the sordid objects of nature in the beautiful robes of loveliness and light.”

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Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.”

May Earth Heaven Powerful Greatness Goodness Lovely Spheres Gifted

Author:Thomas Hartwell Horne

“I love her (Lucifer), with all my heart. She said that she would give me greatness, status, placement above the others. A match made in heaven, set the fires in hell. The devil on me. Game got my soul. Momma said beware of what the devil do. Tell'em that your soul's not for sale. Every dream is designed and broadcasted from the masters to the masses.”

Giving Heart Made Said Soul Dream Games Heaven Hell Fire Greatness Masters My Heart Mass Devil Give Me My Soul Your Soul Ems Lucifer Momma Placement

Author:Lupe Fiasco

“Giving consistent effort in the little things in day-to-day life leads to true greatness. Specifically, it is the thousands of little deeds and tasks of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving or losing of one's life for others and for the Lord. They include gaining a knowledge of our Father in Heaven and of the gospel. They also include bringing others into the faith and fellowship of his kingdom. These things do not usually receive the attention or the adulation of the world.... .”

“The prohibition of science would be contrary to the Bible, which in hundreds of places teaches us how the greatness and the glory of God shine forth marvelously in all His works, and is to be read above all in the open book of the heavens.”

Book Would Be Heaven Teach Greatness Glory Shining Contrary Glory Of God Prohibition Open Book

Author:Galileo Galilei

“Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!”

Men Country Literature Heaven Greatness Integrity Red Stores Chosen Ruins Curse Patriotic Thunder Wrath Blast Treason Uncommon Red Lips

Book:The preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An opera. Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses. An essay of Virgil's Georgics. Cato. A tragedy. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals, especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets. Three setts of medals illustrated by the ancient poets, in the foregoing dialogues

Source: The preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An opera. Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses. An essay of Virgil's Georgics. Cato. A tragedy. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals, especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets. Three setts of medals illustrated by the ancient poets, in the foregoing dialogues

“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.”

Should Dream Earth Asks Heaven Waiting Atheism Greatness Graves Thrive Happy Life Here And Now Sith

Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.”

Source: The Kingdom of this World

“The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.”

Heart Song Strong Heaven Voice Greatness Sweet Pure Protect Injury Being Strong Greatness Within

Author:Khalil Gibran

“To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.”

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Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'”

Should Wells Earth Jobs Heaven Streets Greatness Excellence Host Pauses Work Ethic Heaven And Earth Achieve Greatness Pausing Kaizen Street Life Sweepers Great Work Ethic

Book:The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

“Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.”

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)

“Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.”

Love Made Country Age Spirit Heaven Peace Hell Greatness Strange Drink One Day Dignity Unbelievable Gallantry

Book:Play Parade

Source: Play Parade

“Have you ever thought of yourself as a junior angel crowned with glory and honor? Every one of our Father in Heaven's children is great in His sight. If the Lord sees greatness in you, how then should you see yourself?”

Ifs Should Children Father Heaven Lord Greatness Honor Glory Angel Sight Our Father Juniors Father In Heaven Glory And Honor

Author:L. Tom Perry

“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'”

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Book:The Chinese Classics

Source: The Chinese Classics