I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought. — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
“The great men think, and you and I [also] think. But there is a difference.” — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“She was of the stuff of which great men's mothers are made. She was indispensable to high generation, feared at tea-parties, hated… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
A great many quite good plays could be performed with rhythmic howls in the place of dialogue and lose almost nothing by… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“A great mentor is full of understanding, trust, respect and willing to help his/her mentees to reach the right direction in life.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a church; freedom… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Great men were always average men, that summoned the courage, honor and will to do extraordinary things that would change the world.… — Tonny Brown Copy Share Image
"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
Even great men are only truly recognized and honored once they are dead. Why? Because those who praise them need to feel… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“All the prophets, including Jesus, are dead but their names are still so fresh in our minds. Buddha, Socrates, etc. were also… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Great men are necessary for our life, in order that the movement of world history can free itself sporadically, by fits and… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such… — William Joyce Copy Share Image
Ancient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely:… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Elections, especially of representatives and counselors, should be annual, there not being in the whole circle of the sciences a maxim more… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“A true leader is the one who leaves memorable footprints of nobility. A leader who is decisive enough and have all the… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
The principal, the only, thing a man makes, is his condition of fate. Though commonly he does not know it, nor put… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
For Christianity is a fighting religion. It thinks God has made the world- that space and time, heat and cold, and all… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Nor have the lives of great men been exciting except at a few great moments. Socrates could enjoy a banquet now and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful… — Charles Fox Copy Share Image
Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image