Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reduc

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. – Andrew Carnegie

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. – Charles Spurgeon

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Great acts are made up of small deeds. – Lao Tzu

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Id rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. – Robert H. Schuller

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