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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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God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed. – 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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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. – Saint Augustine

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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things. – Dwight L. Moody

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I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. – Muhammad Ali

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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. – Sun Tzu

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