Great men Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

— Anatole France

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Great men are sincere.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Lord's visitations of distinguished favor are always to the diligent. That great men may not be ashamed of honest vocations, the greatest that…

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Do what you believe to be right, and ever hold it for a maxim, that if the skies fall through your doing right, honest…

— Charles Spurgeon

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

— Thucydides

There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind…

— Mark Lawrence

“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.”

— Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

— William Halsey

“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.”

— Thomas Carlyle

Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority...

— Lord Acton