Truly Great Quotes

131 quotes by 111 authors

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life. — Anthony Bourdain
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned… — Lucretia Mott
When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep… — Nido R Qubein
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. — Henrik Tikkanen
The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none. — Khalil Gibran
I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build… — Ratan Tata
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great… — Calvin Coolidge
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
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair. — Roy Thompson
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. — Confucius
To them belong, not only the truly great statesmen, but all other great reformers as well. Beside Frederick the Great stands Martin Luther as well… — Adolf Hitler
In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but… — James C. Collins
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. — James Dean
Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life… — Oscar Wilde
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
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest — Thomas a Kempis

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