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

Other quotes by Saint Augustine

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

Category:
Faith
Read Quote

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. – Saint Augustine

Category:
great
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
great
category

Believe deep down in your heart that youre destined to do great things. – Joe Paterno

Category:
great

The great thing about suicide is that its not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later. – Harvey Fierstein

Category:
great

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. – Albert Schweitzer

Category:
great

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mothers womb a fanatic heart. – William Butler Yeats

Category:
great

Random Quotes

It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your portrayal of women. Even when I started out on The Office eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, its completely different. – Mindy Kaling

Category:
funny

My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. – Chris Brown

Category:
mom

I love being home at Christmastime. – Ashley Tisdale

Category:
Home

I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry. – Roald Hoffmann

Category:
teacher