Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

Stephen Spender
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  1. You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and... - Jalaluddin Rumi

  2. Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you. - Walter Payton

  4. It takes a great man to be a good listener. - Calvin Coolidge

  5. Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have. - Anonymous

More Quotes By Stephen Spender
  1. The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that a goal can be attained perpetually frustrates human beings, who are disappointed at never getting there, never being able to stop.

  2. Although Poets are vain and ambitious, their vanity and ambition are of the purest kind attainable in this world. They are ambitious to be accepted for what they altimately are as revealed in their poetry.

  3. When you read and understand a poem comprehending its rich and formal meanings then you master chaos a little.

  4. Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

  5. Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

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