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" Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. "

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" The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Night

Heights

Flight

" I had a project for my life which involved 10 years of wandering, then some years of medical studies and, if any time was left, the great adventure of physics. "

" Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. "

" A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain. "

" We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not; and that the Universe extends so in infinitum. "

" Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times. "

" We are committed to getting our content to our audience in as many ways as possible. We are very excited about our partnerships.. and we relaunched our ABC app, which is going to be a great place and opportunity for our audience to find our shows in addition to throwback content and new ABC digital originals. "

" My child, you are going to be a great king; do not imitate me in the taste I have had for building, or in that I have had for war; try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your neighbors. "

Louis XIV

War

Peace

" The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' "

" It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together. "

" I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old. "

" Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. "

" Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. "

" Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. "

" People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. "

" Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. "

" We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. "

" Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. "

Wilma Rudolph

Believe

Struggle

" Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. "

" Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. "

" I don't know what you're going through life doing if you're not really trying to collect some really great memories. "

" For a selfie, it's not about the pose, it's about you. There's a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you. "

" We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely. "

" I'm living on this positive mind frame where I'm only attracting positive things. I'm controlling my energy, I'm eating right, I'm meditating, I'm in the gym, I'm doing all this stuff I'm supposed to be doing. I'm past that young, immature way of thinking. I just want to be great. "

" It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. "

" I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great. "

" I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast. "

" The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now. "

" Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. "

" Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. "