977 private quotes tagged great

“The great object is that every man be armed.” — Patrick Henry

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“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

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“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.” — John Ruskin

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“On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.” — William Bartram

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“Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.” — Denis Diderot

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“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.” — E. W. Howe

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“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” — Oprah Winfrey

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“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” — Phillips Brooks

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“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.” — Mae West

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“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.” — John Ruskin

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“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” — William James

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“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.” — John Adams

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“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” — John Steinbeck

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“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.” — Helen Gurley Brown

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“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.” — Louis D. Brandeis

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“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.” — Moliere

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“Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.” — Dan Gable

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“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.” — Margot Fonteyn

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