Uncommon Quotes

178 quotes by 150 authors

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider… — Aristotle
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the… — Jane Austen
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and… — Joseph Addison
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his… — Joseph Addison
Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. — Ambrose Bierce
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. — George Washington Carver
And therein shines one major definition of what it meant to be Clinton D. Powell: someone who looked for, trusted in, and helped empower (if… — Aberjhani
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the… — Booker T. Washington
It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who… — Orison Swett Marden
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country… — Chester W. Nimitz
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz
It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth… — Samuel Johnson
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators,… — Abraham Maslow
He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep… — Mark Twain
Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about. — Ashleigh Brilliant
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for attainments or abilities, to disappoint the hopes which… — Lyndon B. Johnson

Who Wrote These Uncommon Quotes

150 authors contributed a total of 178 Uncommon Quotes, led by these top contributors: