Great Quotes

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Experience is a great teacher.

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

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.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.