“Great men are forged in fire. 'Tis the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of. — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well. — Caroline Gordon Copy Share Image
Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The Church of England hasn't often produced great men in modern times. But I have long believed that George Bell, Bishop of… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious… — Rudolf Dreikurs Copy Share Image
Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Why should it happen that among the great many women whom I see and am fond of, suddenly somebody I meet for… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that… — Hugh Shelton Copy Share Image
It remains true that great managers recognize individualities and focus on developing strengths rather than weaknesses. Great leaders, in sharp contrast, recognize… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that we see a great many women settling. They think that simply because they have gotten the right to vote,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, kept toiling upwards… — Tan Morgan Copy Share Image
The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this,… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
I think most people, if I asked, would say, "Yes, of course I believe." But I think for a great many of… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
New Year, the season for changes in positions and advances in salaries, approaches. If you have in your employ some who deserve… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“I had no idea what to say to this. I had been nurtured in the U.S. school system on a steady diet… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
“The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo,… — Christopher Peter Grey Copy Share Image
“. . . no good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“My Dear Fellow Subjects, I have recently learned a Truth that I wish to share with you: A man can be powerful,… — Katharine Ashe Copy Share Image
If you like poetry let it be first rate, Milton, Shakespeare, Thomson, Goldsmith Pope (if you will though I don't admire him),… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“So let's say you marry this girl. All right, you can still be a great man. Look at all the great men… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
I find any great man, black or white, I'm going to study him, learn him so he can't be great to me… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It… — V. S. Pritchett 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
Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready… — Cesare Lombroso Copy Share Image
“Mankind ought constantly to be striving to produce Great Men --this and nothing else is its duty” — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
