With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer on great
It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld on great
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. Orson Welles on great
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. Samuel Smiles on great
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. Plutarch on great
Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are. James Cash Penney on great
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. Bill Maher on great
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. John Ruskin on great
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke on great
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. Dick Gregory on great
Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them. Joseph Henry on great
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot on great
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles R. Swindoll on great
What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second, their imagination, and third, their industry. Salman Rushdie on great
We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. Richard M. Nixon on great
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 on great
If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great. Tom Hanks on great
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. Bjorn Borg on great
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. Honore de Balzac on great
Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that. Joe Theismann on great