Great Men Quotes

679 quotes by 469 authors

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… — Pietro Aretino
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries,… — Cleveland Abbe
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and… — Honore de Balzac
To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. — Charles Baudelaire
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. — Phillips Brooks
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. — Jean de la Bruyere
The rise to prominence of the Saudi novel in Arabic is the great man-bites-dog of recent world literature. Saudi Arabia is a country without a… — James Buchan
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. — Thomas Carlyle
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. — Alexis Carrel
Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. — Jim Carrey
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most… — William Ellery Channing
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. — B R Ambedkar
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one... — William Cowper
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
There was never a great man who had not a great mother. — Olive Schreiner
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No… — Walter Russell
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in… — Phillips Brooks
A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union. — Rudolf Dreikurs
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is… — Henri Frederic Amiel

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