“Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.”
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“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
“Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.”
“One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.”
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
“Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?”
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”
“Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.”
“You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.”
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”
“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.”
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.”
“It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.”
“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”
“He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”