“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.” MayLightMightNightHeavenStarsGreatnessSpringGloryShadowMirrorsSpreadPerceiveSparksFountainAdmirableGreat Power Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness, except by a few. That merit which gives greatness and renown diffuses its influence to a wide compass, but acts weakly on every single breast; it is placed at a distance from common spectators, and shines like one of the remote stars, of which the light reaches us, but not the heat.” GivingLightStarsCommonInfluenceGreatnessDistanceShiningWideMeritHeatBreastsTendernessCompassSpectatorsRenown Book:Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings Source: Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
“America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain. Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station, and to do it within a decade.” DreamAmericaStarsSpaceEconomicModernGreatnessGainsDecadesPeacefulTonightStationsOur DreamsModern LifeNasa Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Château and hut, stone face and dangling figure, the red stain on the stone floor, and the pure water in the village well-thousands of acres of land-a whole province of France-all France itself-lay under the night sky, concentrated into a faint hairbreadth line. So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star.” WorldWellsDoeWholeFacesLyingNightStarsWaterNatureLinesSkyLandFiguresGreatnessPureRedStonesLaysWhole WorldFranceVillageProvincesStainsNight SkyAcresHutsTwinklingTale Of Two CitiesPure WaterTwinkling Stars Book:A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated) Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated)