"A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness"

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Source : FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Sep 10, 2015

Chinua Achebe

#Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes #Pay Quotes

“But all lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love; The years of Heaven with all earth's little pain Make Good Together there we can begin again, In babyhood.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (1872). “Verses”, p.38
“The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations”
“It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to give it to you before the movie is completed.”
“In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.”
“The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be Christâ€™s witnesses all over this planet. Itâ€™s as if Christ said, â€œThink youâ€™re missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission? Donâ€™t be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side.â€”
“My mom and my grandmother definitely were (Democrat supporters). It wasn't a sense that, "Well, we vote for Democrats no matter what," but it was sort of the sense that, "Democrats are typically the ones that are looking out for working people like us."”
“That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.”
“Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources”

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