Greater Quote by Washington Irving Download Open image “Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.” — Washington Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Greater Mind Misfortunes Overcoming Psychology Small minds
“Small minds are usually overcome by misfortune and despair but great minds will try and rise above them each time!” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of them and despise them — Francois La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.” — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our… — James T. Conway Copy Share Image
Life takes hold of us with strong hands and makes us greater than we thought. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
