A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. Frederick Douglass
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. Paracelsus
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. Plato
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. William James
The great object is that every man be armed. Patrick Henry
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. Moliere
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. Oprah Winfrey
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. Thomas Fuller
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Plato
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. Helen Gurley Brown
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
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. Abdul Kalam
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. Charlie Chaplin
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Voltaire
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. Orison Swett Marden
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. Charles Darwin
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. Louis D. Brandeis
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Barack Obama