what does "to be great is to be misunderstood" mean?
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most people were misunderstood but went on to do amazing things
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It's great. I'd adopt it as my own motto if I didn't already have a good one.\n\nMine's "Thole and think on", by the way. If you don't understand it that only means you need to use the dictionary more often.
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The trick is, that it doesn't matter how wonderful the world truly is, or how horrible. It is all about the matter of perspective. Some third world countries we consider you living in paradise, and some Scandinavians, say, in hell. The epithet wonderful is really about the state of mind you are now, and can change the next second. \nThe world can become wonderful for you, if you want it, without any changes actually taking place. It would be your appreciation that made it change for better, or your disapproval, that made it change for worse in your eyes, as indeed in the eyes of many people.
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Excellence is about making mistakes everyday and trying to correct them. What moves them towards this goal is hope. When you see something or meet someone who is free from dross they will inspire you :-) but you have to do the work yourself. The best people are not already excellent, and an overemphasis on excellence is fascist. You should be a human first and excellent second. Have fun.
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i think that it means that great minds actually fulfill their dreams, wishes, etc. But other people only wish, they do not have the willpower or the ability to do what they want to.\n\nThis is just a guess.
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It is an idiom intended to mean "be careful, pay attention to detail"  it has morphed, in recent times, to mean many other things including "be polite".\n\nThere are several theories about it's origin, but the one I believe makes the most sense is - mind your Pints and Quarts.  Meaning to keep track of what you order in a pup so you are not over charged.
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As others have said, it translates as "that's life", but it contains the implication that we all understand that life has its ups and its downs, and that we couldn't appreciate the former without the latter.\n\nThat life is, in fact, beautiful.
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"greatest" and "leader" are contradictory.\n\nNo-one who accepts a position of power or leadership can ever be considered "great".
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There is a famous hebrew saying - ' Eizehu Oshir? Hasomeach bechelko' - which simply translates to 'who is the rich one? The one that is happy with his/her share.'   There is probably nothing missing in your life. Things are only missing if you perceive things that way, i.e. that I deserve a could job, health, children or whatever else you think.  If you look at yourself and say this is my life and I am going to be happy and stop expecting or thinking that things should be different, you will get to happiness.
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To me, being good in my life is being true to myself and others. Everything falls into place from there.\n\nMy motto has always been.. walk in truth!
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"having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people"\n\nIt means avoid and exclude people who aren't morally superior like you.\n\nKind of inflates ones head, huh?
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its good to be wise this you cant train for but happens.Its best to try not to be clever as the most intelligent people are noy always wise.Wisdom comes from understandind not learning and i hope you all find that!
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It essentially means "given more praise than deserved." When someone really pumps something up, and upon experiencing it (or whatever) you are "underwhelmed" or disappointed. \n\nFor example - I often find that most big Hollywood 'blockbuster' movies are massively overrated.
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"the more you are, the more you can become, and the more you can become, the more you can yet be. the deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. therefore seek not to find who you are, seek to determine who you want to be." this is how i aim to live my life every day and by learning and searching i am becoming the best that i can be.
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for us..\nto be - is to exist with comapassion and emotional bonds with others and god..the right way..with a purpose..serve the mankind..serve GOD..\nnot to be - living without a purpose..like an empty shell..wasting away life...\n\nall meant for us..all..
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to me it means whenever you are trying to tell someone what is good or not for them and they feel like you, as the speaker, don't have the right to do so for whatever reason.  Either you haven't had their experience to tell them what's good for them, or you are being hypocritical. For example: you are a smoker and you tell someone not to smoke.
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On the rim of a £2 coin, it's a quote from Isaac Newton.\n\n (He's saying that he couldn't have got to be the great scientist that he was without having the work of other scientists before him to work with) \n\nWikipedia will tell you that it has been "mistakenly" attributed to Isaac Newton - but although it has been used by other people before him - the quote is most famous for Newton's use.