Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man and let history make its own judgements. — Jonathan Frakes Copy Share Image
He [Napoleon] was as great as a man can be without morality. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man. — John F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
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The Arab and Islamic nation has lost a great man and one of its fearless men who dedicated his life to the… — Saad Hariri Copy Share Image
Coach Fisher, I know what he's accomplished and who he is. He's a great man with a great family, and the Hall… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere,… — Mencius Copy Share Image
Truth is something which would probably upset a great many of people if it were known and made public. Truthfully speaking, most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have more to learn today from the spectacle of a great man at a great moment than from any number of… — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please… — Robert Green Ingersoll 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
“On the way, a great many demanded it, read it, and passed on. Those having the air and appearance of gentlemen, whose… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
You have heard me say, a great many times, that there is not that man or woman in this Church, and there… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“[on John Cowper Powys]...there is an indistinct photograph of the great man himself, gazing into the misty cleft of a mountain range,… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
“Was this what the human reproductive urge was like, a pointless and powerful desire to replicate wonderful, irreplaceable me, even when the… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
“No man on earth who conscientiously opposes either you or any other organized democracy, and flatly prevents a great many wrongs and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
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“In estimating what amount of power would be requisite to secure the objects of government, we must take into the reckoning, what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I've been surprised by how many of you actually seem to believe that what you have is perfection. [...] A great many… — Daniel Quinn 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
“... nothing is easier than to distance ourselves from great figures, whether through a negative interpretation or through idealization. Denigration and idealization… — Myron Sharaf Copy Share Image
“It was a good thing she was wearing her mother's pearls. With those clasping her neck, she felt as if she could… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
Success is in the student, not in the university; greatness is in the individual, not in the library; power is in the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“These days, there seems to be nowhere left to explore. Victims of their very success, the explorers now, pretty much, stay home.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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