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The chance for greatness, for progress and for change dies the moment we try to be like someone else.

“The chance for greatness, for progress and for change dies the moment we try to be like someone else.” — Faith Jegede, What I’ve learned from my autistic brothers

Author YahooeyPosted on September 9, 2013March 10, 2017Categories QuotationsTags change, Faith Jegede, greatness, individualism, progress, TED, TED@London, What I’ve learned from my autistic brothers1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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Great men are great in spite of their weaknesses, not because of them.

“Great men are great in spite of their weaknesses, not because of them.” — John A. Cone, The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms

Author YahooeyPosted on October 29, 2012January 24, 2019Categories QuotationsTags great men, greatness, John A. Cone, The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms, weaknessesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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No truly great man ever thought himself so.

“No truly great man ever thought himself so.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner

Author YahooeyPosted on August 17, 2012March 18, 2019Categories QuotationsTags common places, greatness, humility, The Literary Examiner, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.” — Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist

Author YahooeyPosted on August 14, 2012March 20, 2019Categories QuotationsTags greatness, history, Oscar Wilde, The Critic As ArtistLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

“No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.” — Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart

Author YahooeyPosted on July 19, 2012April 9, 2019Categories QuotationsTags destiny, greatness, Henry Miller, leadership, The Wisdom of the Heart, wisdom, Wisdom of the HeartLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Oscar Wilde.

“Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.” — Oscar Wilde, Letter to James McNeill Whistler (1885-02-23)

Author YahooeyPosted on January 12, 2011November 8, 2021Categories QuotationsTags greatness, incomprehensible, misunderstood, Oscar WildeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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