Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“You're a great man, General, greater than anyone," she told him. "But love is still too big for you.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
When I die, I hope to think I have annoyed a great many people. — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You wouldn't show up to a great job with a terrible resume, so don't show up to a great man with a… — Behdad Sami Copy Share Image
The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness… — Harpo Marx Copy Share Image
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Yes, he [Mahatma Gandhi] was a great man. However...between me and Gandhi there was never the understanding there was between me and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
While there are a great many agents in nature which boost libido and enhance sexual function, chocolate alone actually promotes the brain… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the Two, we… — Cyrano de Bergerac Copy Share Image
“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems.… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I think having a great range of experiences in my life had helped me as a writer, particularly a writer of fiction.… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
A common civility to an impertinent fellow, often draws upon one a great many unforeseen troubles; and if one doth not take… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When you have power you don't have to tell the truth. That's a rule that's been working in this world for generations.… — Dean Burk Copy Share Image
“a solemn hush fell upon the church which was only broken by the tittering and whispering of the choir in the gallery.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate,… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“My nose is Gargantuan! You little Pig-snout, you tiny Monkey-Nostrils, you virtually invisible Pekinese-Puss, don't you realize that a nose like mine… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the… — Larry Brilliant Copy Share Image
“In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as a truth. Man… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“ Montana A great many small failures have brought me to this Dark room where, against the teachings of the church, I… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
“...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostility; and this is… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“afflictions are classed as peripheral mental factors and are not themselves any of the six main minds [eye, ear, nose, tongue, body… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I’m having my lunch when I hear a familiar hoarse shout, ‘Oy Tony!’ I whip round, damaging my neck further, to see… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
A good man fights for himself. A great man fights for everyone else — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
A great many women can feel and behave like men. Very few of them can behave like gentlemen. — Radclyffe Hall Copy Share Image
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image