Great Quotes

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.

I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.