A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance. — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected. — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well. — Caroline Gordon Copy Share Image
All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
Music can help you maintain great mental sharpness, increasing your mind's awareness while reducing risk of mental disorders. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
He [Hitler] is a very great man. "Fuhrer" is the proper name for him, for he is a born leader, yes, and… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
We want the big stories, of course, of the great men, but there's as much drama and interest and lessons to be… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
I have met a great many people on their way towards God and I wonder why they have chosen to look for… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not sure that God always knows who are his great men; he is so very careless of what happens to… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privilege… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I am not a great man, but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective equality of my talent and the sacrifices of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there.… — Nasreddin Copy Share Image
I believe this is a mistake a great many of us are making; we are trying to do God's work with the… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
“Napoleon the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and, therefore not geniuses. One… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
“ Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities—His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“The common people and the great men and women are all defined by how they deal with life’s unfairness: Helen Keller, Nelson… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
No sooner does a great man depart, and leave his character as public property, than a crowd of little men rushes towards… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
You must not say that this cannot be, or that that is contrary to nature. You do not know what Nature is,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“The discipline of history is particularly important in this context because while science has had a direct impact on how historians write,… — Peter Watson Copy Share Image