Great men, great events, great epochs, it has been said, grow as we recede from them; and the rate at which they… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
There are four great events in history, the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the exile of Krishna in… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
The great event of the evening was Jenny Lind's appearance and her complete triumph. She has a most exquisite, powerful and really… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
It feels amazing - really, really great! It was so nice to be out there and be cherished by all the people.… — Margaretha Sigfridsson Copy Share Image
Great events have sent before them their announcements. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
A new person is to me a great event, and hinders me from sleep. I have often had fine fancies about persons… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It is curious to look back and realize upon what trivial and apparently coincidental circumstances great events frequently turn as easily and… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
