I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power.… — John Ruskin 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
Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
“I also argue that sin (or at least our thinking about it) has evolved significantly since the 1950s and continues to do… — John Portmann Copy Share Image
I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a… — Dennis Muilenburg Copy Share Image
“Of all the words that exist in any language only a bare minority are pure, unadulterated, original roots. The majority are "coined"… — Mario Pei Copy Share Image
Now, the world is more than it seems to be. You know this, of course, because you read stories. You understand that… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“I leaned against the carved banisters and listened to the music and felt quite different from any way I have ever felt… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“ Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“The ruinous deeds of the ravaging foe (Beowulf) The best-known long text in Old English is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf himself… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“Life is what we conceive it to be. For the farmer who considers his field to be everything, the field is an… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies,… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
“What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Look, part of the whole technique of disempowering people is to make sure that the real agents of change fall out of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“With self-denial and economy now, and steady exertion by-and-by, an object in life need not fail you. Venture not to complain that… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
The ability of a manager to be the driving force of a team is overrated, even when you associate historic teams (think… — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
As a child, I read a great many books in which animals and birds played significant roles, not only in the narrative… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Hitler had an unprecedented opportunity, such as no man will ever again be offered so easily, to create something entirely new. However,… — Fritz Thyssen Copy Share Image
“I know nothing greater, nor more worthy of the truly great man, than the patient and expressive analysis of the ways in… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“All this attending educational lectures and reading is greatly tempting, of course, and a great many would-be students spend their whole lives… — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded,… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The mother is always at fault. so is the wife, really. Women are supposed to control men, isn't that how it goes?… — Sarah A. Denzil Copy Share Image
“Oh, but this gift isn’t the same as an ermine. This is property. Don’t you understand how rare that is for a… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I don't feel the pressure to deliver an unrealistically great man to the screen; I just want to be honest to who… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
“Although Hermione is right about a great many things, she was wrong about the nature of things gone by. this is what… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
“EL-FAYOUMY: Do not bait this great man, lady! He presided over the appeal of Attila the Hun when you were nothing more… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
Instead of feeling a poverty when we encounter a great man, let us treat the new comer like a travelling geologist, who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A great many young men try to justify themselves and check inward protests by the perpetual self-suggestion that it is better to… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I think generally the heads of terrorist groups are very, very smart people. They're also great manipulators. I would presume that cult… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
“Human thoughts are digital. Most people see things as 0 or 1, as black or white. They see nothing in between. All… — Hiroshi Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“As the high mountains are intersected by deep valleys, as puritanism in one age begets infidelity in the next, as in many… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
In Japan, the people preserve their temples for their exquisite beauty, and there are a great many sincere Buddhists; but China is… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
“A great many of the Army officers were very fine in the way that they took care of their men. But there… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
