977 private quotes tagged great

“High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.” — Christopher Hitchens

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“Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Great countries are those that produce great people.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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

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“To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.” — Samuel Johnson

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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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“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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“There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.” — George Eliot

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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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“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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“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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“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 who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.” — 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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“Thrift is of great revenue.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.” — Harry S. Truman

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“However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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“Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

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

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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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