"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

Goal, Goals, Greatness, Man, Opposition

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"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

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"We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity."

Life, Opportunity

"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

Goal, Goals, Greatness, Man, Opposition

"We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it."

Work, Children, Fact, Respect

"There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions."

Politics, Civilrights, Contradiction, Humanrights, Law

"A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted."

Woman, Women, Problems

"Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop."

Life, Quality, Community, Service

"We have to realize we are building a movement."

Building,

"We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility."

Life, People, Caring, Colors

"No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat."

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"What is your big project in the New Year? You don't have one? No dream, no reality! Get a big dream for yourself now to get a big reality tomorrow!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Goal, Dream, Future, Inspirational, Truth

"First visualize your goal in your mind. Then have a leap of faith, and let your passion guide you throughout the process."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Give as much as importance to your goal as you give it to your first girlfriend, with that much importance your girlfriend might still leave you but your goal will definitely come to you."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally."

Gerry Adams, Irish Politician

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"Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it."

Joan Jett, American Musician

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"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

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"As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Goal, Goals, End, Patience, Persistence

"I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Goal, Hope, Career, Past

"Maybe the mistakes have looked worse because they led to goals."

Ian Walker, English Athlete

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"But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl."

Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity

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