The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The great man, on the other hand, could marry where he liked, not being restricted to great women; indeed, it was often found sweet and c...
Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.
A great man is the man who does something for the first time.
A man works for his own dreams but a great man works for their dreams.
Behind every great man is a man greater, his father.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other ...
The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.
When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians produce a saving conception of ‘greatness.’ ‘Grea...
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
He wasn't a great man, but he had a great life.
Behind every great man there is a suprised woman.
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone will say that he was a great man who never achieved greatness, and this will not only be trite, but wrong; he was a gre...
Then none was for a party; Then all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great; Then lands were fairly proportioned; Then spoils were fairly sold; The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Then none was for a party; Then all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
A great man is always willing to be little.
