Extraordinary Quotes

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
Wade Boggs

Positive, Attitude, Thoughts

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
John F. Kennedy

Knowledge, Alone, Human

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Vincent McNabb

God, Hope, Spiritual

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
Bruce Lee

True, Nothing, Special

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love, Heart, Moment

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
John F. Kennedy

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert Hubbard

Work, Men, Ordinary

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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
Blaise Pascal

Great, Small, Minds

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
Elbert Hubbard

Great, Minds, Interested

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.
Nelson Mandela

Give, Stop, Somebody

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela

Leader, Become, Ordinary

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Orison Swett Marden

Great, Men, Strong

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
Barack Obama

War, Cannot, Succeed

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.
Erma Bombeck

Age, Strength, Him

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
Michelle Obama

Life, Women, Strength

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
Erich Fromm

Power, Danger, Mankind

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.
Angelina Jolie

Love, Proud, Grateful

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor

Today, Blessed, Person

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Helen Hayes

Forgetting, Somebody, News

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
Hillary Clinton

Good, Health, Broken

Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
Lance Armstrong

Evidence, Require

The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P. J. O'Rourke

Nothing, Person, Three

I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.
Hillary Clinton

Smart, Union, United

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Uta Hagen

Chance, Overcome, Mediocre

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.
Timothy Dalton

Crisis, Struggle, Real

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
Matthew Henry

Sometimes, Punishment, Sins

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.
Michelle Obama

Husband, Blessed, Wife

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

Life, Keep, Reason

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Billy Joel

Age, Said, Makes

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Desmond Tutu

Heart, Children, Wonderful

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