977 private quotes tagged great

“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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“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” — Plato

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“The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.” — Bertrand Russell

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“One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.” — Voltaire

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“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.” — Voltaire

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“A great artist is a great man in a great child.” — Victor Hugo

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“The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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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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“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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“Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.” — Bertrand Russell

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

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“Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.” — John Lennon

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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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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou

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“The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities: a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.” — Edmund Burke

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“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” — Pablo Picasso

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