Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Little men build up great ones, but the snow colossus soon melts; the good stand under the eye of God, and therefore… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Societies exist under three forms sufficiently distinguishable. 1. Without government, as among our Indians. 2. Under governments wherein the will of every… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I was a great one as a kid for standing and just looking out a window for hours and hours and hours.… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
However great an intellectual may be, however great one may be as a scholar or a man of learning, one has also… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I thought movie stars were women and men who were in these great films that we still… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts; a man… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep? — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard. — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
'Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Nothing has man invented yet that will do a better job than heels at making a good pair of legs look great,… — Stuart Weitzman Copy Share Image
I've had great luck with directors. I've worked with all the great ones. — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
Whoever thou art, whatever in other respects thy life may be, my friend, by ceasing to take part (if ordinarily thou doest)… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
There is no question, therefore, that the work to be done in familiarising the general public with the nature of the Mysteries… — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is funny. Some great one-liners, some great banter between him and the contestants [on "The Apprentice" ]. And he's good! — Boy George Copy Share Image
I think we like to romanticise about past eras, and for sure there have been great ones (like the 1820s maybe, or… — Patrick Grant Copy Share Image