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Quote by Saint Augustine
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to con

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. – Saint Augustine

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. – Saint Augustine

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It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine

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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. – Saint Augustine

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To have great poets, there must be great audiences. – Walt Whitman

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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travels sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed. – Louis XIV

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I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. – Judy Collins

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You cant have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, theyre not going to hear them in America. I believe its part of their education. – Donna Shalala

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When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need. – Ayurvedic proverb

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