Quotes of: Great-men Keyword

Great men look greater than yesterday.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

John Keegan

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

Alexis Carrel

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Benjamin Disraeli

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

Samuel Smiles

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

Sydney Smith

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Thomas Carlyle

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

William Shakespeare

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

Killosophy

Great men are allowed to spill the blood of others.

Syndrome 1866 Vol. 1

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

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

A. J. P. Taylor

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

Booker T. Washington

The boulder is the truth that the great men know by instinct, and the mountain is the stupidity of mankind.

The Golden Notebook

Great men have always preferred women of the prostitute type.

Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

Leadership matters more in times of uncertainty.

Why Great Men Fall: 15 Winning Strategies to Rise Above It All

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

Jean de la Bruyere

All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their goals.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

John James Audubon