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“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

tags: abilities, clichés, double-standards, empowerment, equality, feminism, feminist, gender, greatness, human-nature, husbands, hypocrisy, integrity, men, men-and-women, misogyny, penina-mezei, skills, stereotypes, strong, wives, women

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“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

tags: accomplishments, african-american-authors, african-authors, agu-jaachynam-n-e, amazom, anyaele-sam-chiyson, aspiration, be-different, book, business, chiysonovelty-bookclub, elections, entrepreneurship, fame, forbes, greater-glory, greatness, higher-living, immortality, improvement, inspiration, international-authors, intimacy, it-is-time-to-get-very-rich, jaachynma, leadership, life, money, niche, nigerian-authors, president, reading, relationship, revolution, richest, risk-it, security, self-help, success, successful-living, the-best-option, the-prince-and-the-pauper, the-sagacity-of-sage, wealth

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“The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

tags: greatness, leadership, priorities

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“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: fearless, greatness, inspirational, life, motivational, purpose-of-life, self-empowerment, success

572 likes