977 private quotes tagged great

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

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

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

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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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“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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“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.” — 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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“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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“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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“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.” — George Eliot

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

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

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

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

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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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“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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