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Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man’s a blacksmith, and one’s a whitesmith, and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith. Diwisions among such must come, and must be met as they come. If there’s been any fault at all to-day, it’s mine. You and me is not two figures to be together in London; nor yet anywheres else but what is private, and beknown, and understood among friends. It ain’t that I am proud, but that I want to be right, as you shall never see me no more in these clothes. I’m wrong in these clothes. I’m wrong out of the forge, the kitchen, or off th’ meshes. You won’t find half so much fault in me if you think me in forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe. You won’t find half so much fault in me if, supposing as you should ever wish to see me, you come and put your head in at the forge window and see Joe the blacksmith, there, at the old anvil, in the old burnt apron, sticking to the old work. I’m awful dull, but I hope I’ve beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so God bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, God bless you!

...sapevo, con mio grande dolore, molto spesso, se non sempre, che l'amavo a dispetto della ragione, a dispetto di ogni promessa, a dispetto della mia pace, a dispetto della speranza, a dispetto della felicità, a dispetto di ogni possibile scoraggiamento. Una volta per tutte: non l'amavo di meno perché lo sapevo, e il fatto che lo sapessi non valeva a frenarmi...

Seize every opportunity and make it great.

She stood looking at me, and, of course, I stood looking at her. "Am I pretty?" "Yes; I think you are very pretty." "Am I insulting?" "Not so much so as you were last time," said I. "Not so much so?" "No." She fired when she asked the last question, and she slapped my face with such force as she had, when I answered it. "Now," said she. "You little course monster, what do you think of me now?" "I shall not tell you." "Because you are going to tell upstairs. Is that it?" "No," said I. "That is not it." "Why don't you cry again, you little wretch?" "Because I'll never cry for you again," said I.

There is a great fulfillment when you commit your life to lifelong learning.

That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold of thorns or flowers, that never would have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

The kingdom of God is within men. We must manifest the glory of God on earth.

The contention came, after all, to this - the secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.

The power of great thoughts,timeless possibilities.

There is greatness in everyone. Look within yourself and discover your greatness.

To win, you have to believe you will win.

We are capable of greatness.

We can achieve our goals either by human effort or by the power of God. The dependence on God’s power is the best choice.

We rely only on God in the wilderness.

What needs to be done must be done. With grace, it will be done.

When we commit our lives to the Lord, He lives in us, He gives us grace and power to accomplish far greater things.

We are all capable of being great dreamers.

Whoever walk with great people will be great.

You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.

Yet he would smoke his pipe at the Battery with a far more sagacious air then anywhere else - even with a learned air - as if he considered himself to be advancing immensely. Dear fellow, I hope he did.

You can accomplish far greater things when you depend on a divine power.

You can capable of heroic deeds. Think well of yourself and act positively.

You have to be enthusiastic enough to do what is required for achieving your dreams and goals.

You have to know your goal to reach out for it.

You ought to dare impossible things. These will be possible by ceaseless reliance on a higher power.

You possess great strength, great spirit and great soul.

Would it be weakness to return my love?

You are special individual. Nobody can be you. You can rise to a greater heights.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.

Bear in mind then, that Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

All I want, oh dear friend of mine, is for you to go out with someone. Do something, even if it's not the magical, wonderful thing you had in mind. Don't sit around for one more second pining away for some fantasy that might never come along, because it might not even exist.

A man would die tonight of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pitty in all the glittering multitude.

As far as I can go, I will reach for it.

All divine power is within you to accomplish great things.

Believe in God. Believe in Jesus Christ. Believe in the Scriptures.

Be great, dwell on great thoughts.

Believe you are great and you will be great.

Brag is good dog, holdfast is better!

Be your own hero. Be smart.

By the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do what needs to be done.

Dare to outlearn your best performance.

dare greatly, think great.

Desire great things in life. Expect great things in life.

Emeritus John Farrington said, "Sometimes God's creation does not yield to scientific research without great effort and our results are not always what we would like or predicted.