“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”
“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.”
“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
“Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.”
“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.”
“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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
“No crime is so great as daring to excel.”
“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”
“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.”
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.”
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”
“The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling; save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.”
“I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.”
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”
“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.”
“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”