It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“A great mentor works on your character to be as strong as iron.” — JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA Copy Share Image
Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The stage can be defined as a place where Shakespeare murdered Hamlet and a great many Hamlets murdered Shakespeare. — Robert Morse Copy Share Image
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“Oh I know it's cliché but yeah they say that great men make it in- To places few others who even do… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
... a great many times in this world, the hardest work we are given is just to sit to one side and… — Fannie Ellsworth Newberry Copy Share Image
The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally. — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
“A popular Harvard business professor urged his students to read the obituaries in the New York Times before they read anything else,… — Georges F. Doriot Copy Share Image
“To step outside of patriarchal thought means overcoming the deep-seated resistance within ourselves toward accepting ourselves and our knowledge as valid. It… — Trista Hendren Copy Share Image
The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In my twisted brain, I truly believe that nobody ever really dies, as long as the people that he or she touched… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
And first and foremost, think straight, trust the quiet inner voice that tells you what to do. You hold your life in… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin'… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
There is parallels these two great men John McCain and Ted Kennedy of great impact in the Senate, you don't agree with… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
A nation orients itself by its own geniuses, and derives from them its ideas of its own ideals, but the guiding star… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“[After a period of separation, Phaeton and Daphne are cuddling.] Diomedes, meanwhile, was leaning to look behind Helion, staring with open fascination… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
They say that each generation inherits from those that have gone before; if this were so there would be no limit to… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
“If you read history you will find that the Christians begin the most for the present world are just the ones that… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The Mother of God is asked to 'pray zealously to her Son and her God,' and the words of the psalm are… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
The Four Keys of Great Managers: When selecting someone, they select for talent ... not simply experience, intelligence or determination. When setting… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image