A great many people go after success simply for the shiny prizes it brings...And nowhere is it pursued more ardently than in… — Stephen Birmingham Copy Share Image
“Can there be anything more stupendous than the [Hindu] conception that the universe has no beginning and no end, but passes everlastingly… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“It’s unfashionable these days to notice that a great many human beings have had, and continue to have, experiences that they describe… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
“There are many who think that they are marvelous if they can simply resemble a great man in some one thing; and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“If you help load a cart you get a ride in it, as often as not. It gives him to think, how… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Thus it is that the Great man abides by what is solid, and eschews what is flimsy; dwells with the fruit and… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
“A man opposite me shifted his feet, accidentally brushing his foot against mine. It was a gentle touch, barely noticeable, but the… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” — Bruce Bryans 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
“He was a windbag. He made a great many orations, and I imagine he did a very good job, but he was… — Harry Truman 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 reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God. — Paul Washer Copy Share Image