“If you really want to judge of the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
“Henry VIII, for example, who was king of England from 1509 to 1547, ended his days surrounded by a great many young… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“♥ To my daughter Taliah, I just wanted to tell you how proud we are all of you and all the other… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,'… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“When the farthest corner of the globe has been conquered technologically and can be exploited economically; when any incident you like, in… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
Ferguson, as a manager, and Ken, as a director, are very similar. One's a great manager, the other a great director, but… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“T. S. Eliot wrote almost a century ago about a phenomenon that he believed to be the product of the nineteenth century: “When… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and… — Hayden Fry Copy Share Image
“In other words, Theology is practical: especially now. In the old days, when there was less education and discussion, perhaps it was… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. — Anonymous 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
When this is over, I'm not going to be the same guy. I'm going to live as if I were a great… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
How does life become totally painful By total retreat. Total noninspection becomes total pain.But existence is basically composed of a very few… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image