"Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."

Greatness, Strength, Being, Glory

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"Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own."

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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."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"You want to be great? Help others achieve their greatness."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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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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"We want greatness, but we prefer it tamed and on a leash short enough for us to control it, yet long enough to allow it to retain some remote yet diminished flavor of greatness."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Greatness is the flower of great adversity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Greatness untethered from God results in calamity unrestrained by men."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Greatness is not a flower that grows in an easy life, it grows in the adversity of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"God created us to be great in our calling."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

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"There is no such thing as white lies a lie is as black as a coalpit and twice as foul."

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"The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going and going in that way too."

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"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

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"The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history."

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"Love is the river of life in the world."

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"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"

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"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."

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"In things pertaining to enthusiasm no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."

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"Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude."

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