Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
quote by John W. Gardner
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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
quote by William Shakespeare
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
quote by William Shakespeare
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Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.
quote by Frank Dane
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Thrust the slack.
Thrust the slack.
What is it all for?
The thrust, the slack.
The taking it all back.
What is it really all for?
A little move diagonally forward right,
To be replaced by a shadowy figure
Of the night.
Where is it all leading to?
The stem, the flow.
The inevitable woe.
Where?
Oh where is it all going to?
poem by Peter Vealey
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Dynasty hardly dies
Some are thrust with crowns.
They manage to stay afloat.
Some have wrested their crowns
By virtue of their sheer talents.
The first category is rampant
As marketing is the rule.
Be it in stardom, in profession,
Or in politics or in sports,
Crowns are thrust or reserved.
Kingdoms were dissolved
But not the dynasty.
28.03.2001.Pmdi
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there.
quote by John Aniston
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Sonnet: On Greatness
Greatness is not a thing, much like an art;
Some man turns great if on it he stumbles;
His greatness ceases, if he thinks, he's great;
Great is he truly who tho' great, humbles.
Greatness is not true greatness, self-proclaimed;
Greatness is not what world showers on us;
Greatness is neither got by being claimed.
Greatness is not achieved by making fuss.
Greatness could come if world decides to give;
Greatness will stay if God blesses our work;
Such greatness, God-destined comes while men live;
Greatness can grow even without much luck.
Greatness doesn't come to everyone on earth;
Some men are made great; some are great by birth.
poem by John Celes
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Naked Vision
So near but far away to naked vision
Failed to realize truth and surrendered to confusion
Phrase is right when considered in earnest
Everything must be seen at its best
We run for oasis
Where as for near things no emphasis
Where do we go wrong then?
At arms length it can be had even
I ventured for far away objects
The happiness was eluded due to my acts
I wanted more in life with no end
There was no tail left behind to mend
Why is it so that you less attention?
The things are easily available for retention
It is for asking and without any resistance
But keeping you at bay at once
We not only make people around us unhappy
But insecure them and push them to worry
They won’t like your thrust for impossible
As they know it may lend them in some troubles
The thrust must be crunched
It is good to have high ambition and must be touched
Yet it may not push you to the brink of disaster
There won’t be any use later on if you loose the race very fast
You may find your self in self created prison
You will be disliked for no fault or with any reason
It is not improper to wish for anything
But it must have substantially acceptable as something
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller in Catch-22
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Korean Staring Shrimp
Ok theres this girl from korea who made my family dinner once
And she made a traditional rice dish
And I am not big on the whole shrimp and mushroom thing
But I look into my bowl and there are shrimp staring at me! ! !
With those huge dead eyes,
and mushrooms crouching in the depths of the rice readuy to pounce! ! !
I stared right back at those shrimp,
and I crouched away from the mushrooms!
I took my sppon, and I thrust it into the bowl
with as must thrust as possible.
And I had that little glint you know of anger and madness in my eye
and i shoved THREE shrimp in my mouth,
and FOUR mushrooms!
I heard them SCREAM! !
And I clamped my deadly grasp on their necks and i bit and chewed, and ripped, and I SWALLOED! ! !
With all the might I had....... and I found something out.....
..................................... ....................................
IT WAS GOOD! ! ! ! ! !
poem by Bethany Maxwell
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Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated.
quote by Howard Fineman
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Consistent Excellence
Go...
Ask anyone of your neighbors,
How difficult it is...
To produce consistent excellence.
With a doing done you do,
To ensure your life...
Is lived to make sense.
With the best from yourself,
To show those your excellence...
Is not some luck that has been sent.
Your excellence is what is meant.
Go...
Ask anyone of your neighbors,
And when you are done...
Ask your friends and family too,
If consistent excellence with a bit of sweat...
Is something done you know they do,
For themselves.
And nothing from them to you to prove.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
Great men do not seek power; it thrust upon them.
But when someone is thrust into your life and you see them every day, and you have to live with them, it's probably inevitable they will get on well with each other.
quote by Carey Mulligan
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Stick the needle into yourself before you thrust needles into others.
You may choose your friends; your family is thrust upon you.
Chastity was thrust;
Identity of father
Was established.
haiku by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar (29 January 2009)
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
quote by Martin Buber
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