A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“To invest your life, you must invest your time and make sure it doesn’t just melt away like Salvador Dali’s melting clock.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly. — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
“Every man, it seems, interprets the world in the light of his habits and desires” — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“And, generally speaking, all things are good which men deliberately choose to do;” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
It's a great thing to hear people putting me up to this standard and putting me on this pedestal and expecting greatness… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And… — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
Altogether it will be found that a quiet life is characteristic of great men, and that their pleasures have not been of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea,… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
[Great scientists] are men of bold ideas, but highly critical of their own ideas: they try to find whether their ideas are… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I know I'm a long way from greatness, but I am beginning to come at it in my own way. I can… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
Rare is the book that can actually transform us into better, more fulfilled people. Having combed through the research and documented case… — Ann Curry Copy Share Image
The great make its feel, first of all, the indifference of circumstances. They call into activity the higher perceptions, and subdue the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image