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Small: It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without
Jose Rizal
"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"
Jose Rizal, Writer
Small: This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey t
Paul Castellano
"This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great. But it's very predictable. There's so many ways you can screw it up"
Paul Castellano, Criminal
Small: I said when I came into office that I dont want to be a great leader I want to be a good democrat
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician
Small: Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few
Pythagoras
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Honore de Balzac
"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
William Ellery Channing
"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"
William Ellery Channing, Writer
Small: Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm
Oscar Wilde
"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you
Oscar Wilde
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that
"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit"
Emmanuel Teney, Author
Small: Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day
Thornton Wilder
"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"
Thornton Wilder, Writer
Small: Hes by best friend and the father of my children. Hes a great ex
"He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex"
Sarah Ferguson, Author
Small: Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship
Benjamin Franklin
"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, hi
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon
Carl Jung
"Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discour
Vincent Van Gogh
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: Is it not evident that the Canadas, as well as the other colonies, have been left in a great measure to grope
"Is it not evident that the Canadas, as well as the other colonies, have been left in a great measure to grope their way as they could through the darkness which surrounds them, almost totally unaided by the parent state?"
John Strachan, Clergyman
Small: We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I cant, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics
Rick Wright
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"
Rick Wright, Musician
Small: Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, th
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb
Nelson Mandela
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb"
Nelson Mandela, Statesman
Small: The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar le
Orison Swett Marden
"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson"
Orison Swett Marden, Writer
Small: In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectabilit
"In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability"
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist
Small: Novelty is the great parent of pleasure
"Novelty is the great parent of pleasure"
Robert South, Clergyman
Small: Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and
Harriet Tubman
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
Small: A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm that after they have lost all they are sure t
"A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions"
Augustus Hare, Writer
Small: Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken hee
Philo
"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"
Philo, Philosopher
Small: Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and
Nat Turner
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
Nat Turner, Activist
Small: Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is
Phillips Brooks
"Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do"
Phillips Brooks, Clergyman
Small: I love being married. Its so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life
Rita Rudner
"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
Small: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate
Robert Frost
"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate"
Robert Frost, Poet
Small: I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great an
Charles Caleb Colton
"In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
Small: It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.
Benito Mussolini
"It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do"
Benito Mussolini, Politician
Small: I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great
Steven Adler
"I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame"
Steven Adler, Musician
Small: Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the population
"Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the populations of several nations around the world and exploring all aspects of life there"
Jo Bonner, Politician
Small: All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness
John Ruskin
"All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness"
John Ruskin, Writer
Small: Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable
Tacitus
"Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable"
Tacitus, Historian
Small: From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right
Samuel Butler
"From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: Dallas is a great city, and its worth fighting for
Laura Miller
"Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for"
Laura Miller, Politician
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