Quotes of: Great-men Keyword

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn.

Thomas Hood

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

William Shakespeare

Today this courtyard was filled with great warriors. What is more? But it was not filled with great men who have the heart to rule a kingdom. Any man can kill, Finnikin. It is a stroke, an action with one's hand. But not every man knows how to lead.

Finnikin of the Rock

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will be playing in the 1970s. So I think I can feel qualified to say that baseball really was a great game, and baseball is really a great...

Stan Musial

Freud was a genius; geniuses are bright but not necessarily right. What they do do, right or wrong, is to provide images that guide, or compel, the lives of the rest of us. If we are not careful we may accept the inevitability of these images. It see...

Peter Redgrove

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Henry David Thoreau

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Jawaharlal Nehru

God’s plan for your life is far beyond the imagination of men.

Think Great: Be Great: Beautiful Quotes

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India

It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.

Mostly Rapscallions: Salient Sillies about the Rich and Infamous in History

A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.

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

In historical events great men - so-called - are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels they have the least possible connexion with the event itself.

War and Peace

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

William Ellery Channing

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

Bertrand Russell

Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation.

Frederic William Farrar

It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat big...

Wladimir Klitschko

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Cesare Lombroso

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Greek

Look, part of the whole technique of disempowering people is to make sure that the real agents of change fall out of history, and are never recognized in the culture for what they are. So it's necessary to distort history and make it look as if Great...

Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky

It's a great dynamic. The dynamic between men and women in the workplace is really interesting.

Elisabeth Moss

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

Orison Swett Marden