977 private quotes tagged great

“We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.” — Alexander Pope

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“No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.” — George Eliot

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“When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.” — Francis Bacon

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“Thrift is of great revenue.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” — Niels Bohr

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“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.” — Edmund Burke

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“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.” — George Eliot

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“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.” — Edmund Burke

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“Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” — Napoleon Hill

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“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.” — Helen Keller

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“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.” — Plutarch

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“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.” — Khalil Gibran

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“A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.” — Helen Keller

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“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.” — Benjamin Franklin

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“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” — Ronald Reagan

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“My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.” — Lee Iacocca

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