"I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women."

-- Oprah Winfrey

#Greatness Quotes #People Quotes #Empowering Quotes

“When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord, gaining fulfillment in the purest contemplations of His visible theophany which will illuminate us with its most brilliant rays, just as it illuminated the disciples at the time of the most divine Transfiguration. This is the light of God, as St. John has said in his Revelation (Rev. 22:5), and such is the opinion of all the saints.”
“When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.”

Source : Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.7, Harper Collins
“I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time”
“It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.”

Source : Dirk Bogarde (2014). “A Postillion Struck by Lightning”, p.171, A&C Black
“Builders think of success and failure as feedback. They don't judge either as a complete win or loss.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.134, Pearson Education
“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”
“Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning results. So does life. Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the world more effectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well.”
“Any obsession is dangerous.”

Source : "Hidden Depths". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2004.

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