Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
We can't always expect great things from great men; but we must always expect little things from little men! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The Great Man's sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of: nay, I suppose, he is conscious… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“Sheldon Kopp, the author and psychologist, wrote, “There are no great men. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What real good does an addition to a fortune already sufficient procure? Not any. Could the great man, by having his fortune… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man and let history make its own judgements. — Jonathan Frakes Copy Share Image
Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than I need while others… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least… — T. H. White Copy Share Image
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
For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't… — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
It's true that to speak of an ethic of giftedness, which is very much the ethic that I deploy in raising questions… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“Shaykha Sultana al-Zubaydiyya Shaykha Sultana al-Zubaydiyya, famous scholar and saint, was the dauther of 'Ali al-Zubaydi, a man belonging to the martial… — Mostafa al-Badawi Copy Share Image
For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose - great men and women. God used… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
