When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
I think that what's happening today, with all the young poets rushing from one college to another, lecturing at the drop of… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
“The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.” — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Is it better to be a bad man and accomplish great things, or be a great man and accomplish nothing?” — Vincent B. Davis II Copy Share Image
Some girls have a great man, Some girls live there life with all smiles, Some girls think nothing is going to bring… — Kevin Mccarty Copy Share Image
Great players don't always make great managers, but I hope a golden generation of fantastic players' knowledge is not going to be… — Robbie Savage Copy Share Image
“A great many of those who "debunk" traditional or (as they would say) "sentimental" values have in the background values of their… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I wanted to lie hour after hour on a couch, pouring out the dark, secret places of my heart--do this feeling that… — Frederick Exley Copy Share Image
Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove to-day on examination to… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Did you ever stop to think that a great man in life who has won great acclaim and great reputation is the… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
Like every great man you have strong hands and toes of iron, so do not slipped. — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“Just handling this ocean of different books—new and used, in and out of print, famous and forgotten—it was literature as this giant… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“The search for better, for more competent men, from the presidents of our great companies down to our household servants, was never… — Frederick Winslow Taylor Copy Share Image
“At eight-thirty that night Ian stood on the steps outside Elizabeth’s uncle’s town house suppressing an almost overwhelming desire to murder Elizabeth’s… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. — Charles Baudelaire 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
How shall we praise the magnificence of the dead, The great man humbled, the haughty brought to dust? — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
“Maybe no great man is virtuous. Or good. Perhaps a man rich in those qualities by definition is barred from greatness.” — Colleen McCullough Copy Share Image
“I suspect you will find that a great many of your negative feelings are in fact based on such thinking errors.” — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
