Great ones Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

— Samuel Johnson

Those who occupy themselves with that which does not concern them usually fall short in matters affecting their own lives.

— Mufti Ismail Menk

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to…

— Anonymous

Sometimes people forget their own greatness.

— Jason Mraz

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

— Margaret Chase Smith

When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“The trouble with today's snarky pipsqueaks who break off a sentence or two, or who write a couple of mean paragraphs, is that they…

— David Denby

It is the folly of weak-minded people, to imagine they are what flattery or conceit represents them; and that it is useless for them…

— Norm MacDonald

The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of…

— Gary Ackerman

Even the great can have only their own sort of greatness.

— Zoe Akins