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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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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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So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar. – Matthew Henry

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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. – Pablo Picasso

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The past is a great place and I dont want to erase it or to regret it, but I dont want to be its prisoner either. – Mick Jagger

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Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way. – Orison Swett Marden

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