977 private quotes tagged great

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“Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.”— Plato
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“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.”— Harry S. Truman
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“Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.”— George Bernard Shaw
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“I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.”— Thomas Carlyle
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“Life in abundance comes only through great love.”— Elbert Hubbard
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“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.”— Edmund Burke
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“The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.”— William Butler Yeats
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“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”— George Eliot
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“However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.”— Lee Iacocca
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“The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.”— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“Thrift is of great revenue.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.”— William Butler Yeats
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“The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.”— George Bernard Shaw
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“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”— William Blake
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“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”— Vincent Van Gogh
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“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”— George Eliot
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“Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.”— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.”— Nelson Mandela