Best Great Man Quotes
273 Great Man quotes by 195 unique authors
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Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election.
— Adolf Hitler
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In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing,…
— Wallace D. Wattles
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The average person's idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served.
— Wallace D. Wattles
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The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might…
— Wallace D. Wattles
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[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and steam-engines, and electric…
— Charles Kingsley
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I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
— Otto von Bismarck
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man…
— Alphonse de Lamartine
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The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.
— Israel Meir Kagan
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When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
— Confucius
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Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life,…
— Patrick Henry
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Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's manager. He had…
— Lenny Dykstra
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Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.
— Roger Maris
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Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.
— Ryan Phillippe
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He was a great man. And he was also me.
— Jeff Goldblum
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The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It is not based…
— Starhawk
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Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man and let history make its own judgements.
— Jonathan Frakes
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But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very…
— Zosia Mamet
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Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough…
— Edward Abbey
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Public opinion contains all kinds of falsity and truth, but it takes a great man to find the truth in it. The great man of…
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.
— Jackie Stewart
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I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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