Great men Quote by Mencius Download Open image ““Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.”” — Mencius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great men Limitations Morality
“It is not what a man is capable of doing, but what he chooses to do that is important.” — Honor Raconteur Copy Share Image
“It doesn't take great men to do things, but it is doing things that makes men great.” — Arnold Glasgow Copy Share Image
“There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“He who would do great things should not attempt to do them alone.” — Native American Seneca Tribe Proverb Copy Share Image
“But, all things considered, it is possible for one man to do something that another man has achieved.” — Tarun Betala Copy Share Image
“Great men don't strive for greatness, they simply do great works.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share Image
“I think we often look at the great needs in the world and see all the things we can’t do, which keeps us from… — Brad Formsma Copy Share Image
“...But that is the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may enjoy them.” — Joseph Smith Jr Copy Share Image
The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to… — Mencius Copy Share Image
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share Image
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. — Mencius Copy Share Image
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to… — Mencius Copy Share Image
When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they… — Mencius Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority,… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
“The origins of great companies inevitably start with the ideas and enterprise of great men.” — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
My father was a really great man. I'll never forget the last thing he ever said to me. Nor will I ever repeat it. — John S. Hall Copy Share Image
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do. — Vito Fossella Copy Share Image
Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power. ... The great man, whether we comprehend him in the most intense… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image