"Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none."

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"Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none."

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"Greatness of thoughts define greatness. Greatness in actions define immortality."

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"The measure of your greatness is not by the narrowness of your beliefs, but by the broadness of your vision."

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"Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it."

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"Our key to greatness lies not in our ability to project ourselves to others as if we are putting ourselves onto a projector and creating an image of ourselves on a projector screen. Rather, our key to greatness lies in who we are which we can give to other people in a way that when they walk away from us, they are able to say in their hearts that they have taken away something with them quite extraordinary."

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"The great are like the sun, even when hidden from the world they still shine."

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"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"To create greatness, give away your life for the success of others."

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"I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now."

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