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“I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.”

Men Heart Littles Might Desire Wealth Lord Saws Greatness Blessing Increase Humble Consumerism Business Success Craving Overconsumption Humble Man

Book:journal

Source: journal

“No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape; back- wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?”

Might Strong Virtue Greatness Kings Tongue Strikes Ties Mortality Censure Calumny Calumny Is Scapes

Book:Measure for Measure

Source: Measure for Measure

“One might expect, perhaps, that a man full of genius could pasture in the greatness of his own thoughts, and renounce the cheap approbation of the crowd which he despises; yet he succumbs to the more powerful impulse of the herd instinct. His searching and his finding, his call, belong to the herd.”

Men Might Powerful Greatness Genius Findings Instinct Crowds Impulse Despise Herds Renounce Pastures

Book:Psychology of the Unconscious

Source: Psychology of the Unconscious

“For I think it is the case with genius that it is not when quiescent so very much above mediocrity as the difference between the two might lead us to think, but that it has the power and privilege of rising from that level to a height utterly far from mediocrity: in other words that its greatness is that it can be so great.”

Thinking Two Might Differences Levels Cases Greatness Genius Privilege Height Rising Mediocrity

Book:Gerard Manley Hopkins: poetry and prose

Source: Gerard Manley Hopkins: poetry and prose

“I've learned to distinguish between the greatness of God and the inexcusable evil that has been done by those professing his name. And so I do not deduce [as Christopher Hitchens does] that God is not great, and that religion poisons everything. After all, if I failed to distinguish between the genius of Einstein and the abuse of his science to create weapons of mass destruction, I might be tempted to say science is not great, and technology poisons everything.”

“I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.”

Philosophy Might Teach Sea Greatness College Atmosphere Islands Faculty Mediocrity Pettiness

Author:I. F. Stone

“If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might enjoy true Happiness, I would prefer a small peaceable Society, in which Men, neither envy'd nor esteem'd by Neighbours, should be contented to live upon the Natural Product of the Spot they inhabit, to a vast Multitude abounding in Wealth and Power, that should always be conquering others by their Arms Abroad, and debauching themselves by Foreign Luxury at Home.”

Ifs Men Should Home Might Asks Enjoy Natural Wealth Greatness Products Arms Glory Envy Esteem Spots Luxury Conquer Vain Multitudes Worldly Neighbour True Happiness Conquering Others

Book:The Fable of the Bees

Source: The Fable of the Bees

“America is my home - I believe in her promise and I will do what I can to secure that promise for future generations of our children. America is great - not because of our military might or our economic strength - but because of the greatness of Americans, and I welcome the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder, side by side with all of you to preserve our heritage rich in "liberty and justice for all."”

“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

“Well might the ancients make silence a god; for it is the element of all godhood, infinitude, or transcendental greatness,--at once the source and the ocean wherein all such begins and ends.”

Wells Ends Might Silence Greatness Source Elements Ocean Transcendental

Book:Works

Source: Works

“Philosophy had instructed Julian to compare the advantages of action and retirement; but the elevation of his birth and the accidents of his life never allowed him the freedom of choice. He might perhaps sincerely have preferred the groves of the Academy and the society of Athens; but he was constrained, at first by the will, and afterwards by the injustice of Constantius, to expose his person and fame to the dangers of Imperial greatness; and to make himself accountable to the world and to posterity for the happiness of millions.”

Source: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages

“Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from the beginning, so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness, or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son, that there is no doubt his parental affection might have been easily traced, like many a goodly superstructure of fair fame, to a very low foundation.”

Source: Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne

“The world may not applaud us for wiping running noses, driving in carpools, or talking with our teenager into the wee hours of the morning. And until they are trained, our children might not thank us either. But as we set aside our own selfish desires and glorify God by joyfully serving our children, we are pursuing true greatness according to the Bible. Let us do so with tenderness, affection, and with a smile!”

“Whoever has not arrived at the clear insight that there might be greatness entirely outside his own sphere for which he has no understanding, whoever does not have at least a dim inkling in which area of the human spirit this greatness might be situated: he is within his own sphere either without genius, or he has not educated himself up to the point of the classical attitude.”

Humans Doe Might Spirit Understanding Attitude Clear Greatness Genius Areas Insight Educated Spheres Human Spirit

Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.”

“What I saw so clearly when I started climbing was adventure. Difficulty was only an ingredient. I never thought to wonder about grades, just as I never thought to wonder what Tarzan might bench press. I found the closer I moved to sport, the closer I felt to science - and the closer I moved to adventure, the closer I felt to greatness.”

Might Found Felt Sports Wonder Saws Greatness Adventure Difficulty Moved Presses Grades Ingredients Climbing Benches

Author:Peter Croft

“O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.”

Heart Littles Body Might Greatness Models England Inward

Author:William Shakespeare

“[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into a riff about how terrible our infrastructure is.”

Might Stuff Company Talking Rich Minutes Greatness Building Trump Couple Terrible Clinton Debt Income Suggestions Email Infrastructure Bankers

Author:Kevin Drum

“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”

Source: The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].

“Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?”

Should Might Greatness Moved Frailty Chilled

Book:The Freud Journal

Source: The Freud Journal

“Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to the question whether you must create. Accept it, just as it sounds, without inquiring into it. Perhaps it will turn out that you are called to be an artist. Then take that destiny upon yourself and bear it, its burden and its greatness, without ever asking what reward might come from outside”

Might Artist Turns Sound Answers Accepting Destiny Greatness Source Bears Tests Asking Rewards Burden Inquiring

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“God has sovereignly pulled back the curtain on His glory. He has disclosed Himself on the platform of both creation and redemption that we might stand awestruck in His presence, beholding the sweet symmetry of His attributes, pondering the unfathomable depths of His greatness, baffled by the wisdom of His deeds and the limitless extent of His goodness. This is His beauty.”

Might Creation Greatness Sweet Goodness Worship Glory Depth Deeds Redemption Attributes Platforms Curtains Limitless Pondering Symmetry Unfathomable Baffled Awestruck

Author:Sam Storms

“No tongue is able to declare the greatness of the love that Jesus bears to every soul: and therefore this Spouse, when he would leave this earth, in order that his absence might not cause us to forget him, left us as a memorial this Blessed Sacrament, in which he himself remained; for he would not that there should be any other pledge to keep alive our remembrance of him than he himself.”

Should Soul Might Able Earth Order Jesus Left Causes Forget Alive Greatness Bears Blessed Tongue Absence Remembrance Sacraments Spouse Memorial Pledge Blessed Sacrament Forget Him

Author:Peter of Alcantara

“My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."”

Knows Years Might America Nations Greatness Revolution Citizens Fellows Golden New Life American Revolution Reborn Golden Years

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.”

Men Life Giving Trying Book Might Life Is Leadership Pleasure Company Learning Greatness Notes Admire Great Men Admiration Pleasures Of Life

Book:The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers

Source: The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers

“The message of biblical Christianity is 'God loves me so that I might make him- his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness- known among all nations.' Now God is the object of our faith, and Christianity centers around him. We are not the end of the gospel; God is'”

Way Ends Might Nations Known Christianity Objects Greatness Messages Glory Salvation God Love Biblical God Loves Me

Author:David Platt

“Do not be discouraged on account of the greatness of the work; only be humble and faithful. . . . He who scattered Israel has promised to gather them; therefore inasmuch as you are to be instrumental in this great work, He will endow you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every qualification necessary.”

“Humility: The realization of our dependence on God. I have always had strong feelings about that word regardless of what anyone's background might be. One of the common denominators of greatness is acknowledging that dependence. As power comes from Charity, power also comes from knowing who you are, a divine offspring of a divine being.”