Crisis Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an interest in…

— Susan Sontag

“There is indeed in the contemplation of beauty of any kind, something which detaches us from ourselves by making us feel that perfection is…

— Benjamin Constant

“A man who thinks much about success must be the drowsiest sentimentalist; for he must be always looking back. If he only likes victory…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making…

— Dan Brown

“The outward manifestation of greatness is that we excite devotion and love in our work.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent…

— Charles Dickens

“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There…

— Louisa May Alcott

“[...] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“There is something heroic about a person in struggle with herself, strained on the rack of conscience, suffering torments, yet staying alive and growing…

— David Brooks

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

— John F. Kennedy

We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament over the…

— Swami Vivekananda