Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“I know two great men and you are one of them; the other is this young man.” — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Some men are great, and some men have greatness thrust upon them. Isn't that so Jim?” — Julia from Under the Dome Copy Share Image
“Many men can be what the world calls great: very few men are what God calls good.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite… — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
An obstacle is something you see when you take your eyes off the goal Few great men could pass personnel — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know… — Wild Bill Hickok Copy Share Image
We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“Dwarfs can often do the work of giants when they are transformed by the almost magic power of great mental concentration.” — Theron Q. Dumont Copy Share Image
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions,… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows… — Karen White Copy Share Image
The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men ...… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We grow through our dreams. All great men and women are dreamers. Some, however, allow their dreams to die. You should nurse… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it,… — Brandon Routh Copy Share Image
The Lord's visitations of distinguished favor are always to the diligent. That great men may not be ashamed of honest vocations, the… — Elias Lyman Magoon Copy Share Image
The lounge of the main hotel is full of jollity, with large comfortable men sitting in braces; the bar is packed withtalkative… — Anthony Sampson Copy Share Image
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
One would suppose that the battle for religious liberty was won in the United States two hundred years ago. However, in the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Great men speak secrets about themselves with nods and gestures, walking away from jokes about women rather than condemn the jokester; if… — Lee Goff Copy Share Image
“Existential envy which is directed against the other person’s very nature, is the strongest source of ressentiment. It is as if it… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
There are some simple maxims which I think might be commended to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Men are four; He who knows and knows not that he knows. He is asleep; wake him. He who knows not and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
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