“Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.” — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well… — Jane Espenson Copy Share Image
A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases,… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
beware the Lure of a handsome Face, the all too ready Assumption that the lovely Façade must needs have lovely Chambers within;… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“The people told me, however, that the big ear was not only a man, but a great man, a genius. But I… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He's a great mentor… — Bobby Kotick Copy Share Image
The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to… — James Loeb Copy Share Image
When I was at Manchester, where there was a modern swimming pool, I was looked on as a great man, not for… — Louis J. Mordell Copy Share Image
A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The lessons of great men and women are lost unless they reinforce upon our minds the highest demands which we make upon… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In times of war, as everyone knows, who has lived through one, or talked to soldiers when they are allowing themselves to… — Doris Lessing 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
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton 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
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with… — Mencius Copy Share Image
“Why is it that great men so often have mediocrities for their offspring? Is it because the gamble of the genes that… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Wherever I go in the West, I am struck by the great mental suffering that arises from the fear of dying, whether… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
