Great Quotes

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Small: Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Honore de Balzac
"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without
Jose Rizal
"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"
Jose Rizal, Writer
Small: Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon t
William Shakespeare
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: All great truths begin as blasphemies
George Bernard Shaw
"All great truths begin as blasphemies"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
Small: Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship
Benjamin Franklin
"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Men are only as great as they are kind
Elbert Hubbard
"Men are only as great as they are kind"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author
Small: Hes by best friend and the father of my children. Hes a great ex
"He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex"
Sarah Ferguson, Author
Small: This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey t
Paul Castellano
"This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great. But it's very predictable. There's so many ways you can screw it up"
Paul Castellano, Criminal
Small: The only way to do great work is to love what you do
Steve Jobs
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"
Steve Jobs, Businessman
Small: Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when
"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter"
Brad Henry, Politician
Small: I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came
"I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns"
Ernest Shackleton, Explorer
Small: The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one
Adolf Hitler
"The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.
Benito Mussolini
"It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do"
Benito Mussolini, Politician
Small: Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play
Joseph Goebbels
"Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play"
Joseph Goebbels, Criminal
Small: Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and
Harriet Tubman
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
Small: Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm
Oscar Wilde
"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discour
Vincent Van Gogh
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar le
Orison Swett Marden
"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson"
Orison Swett Marden, Writer
Small: Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and
Nat Turner
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
Nat Turner, Activist
Small: I said when I came into office that I dont want to be a great leader I want to be a good democrat
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician
Small: A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm that after they have lost all they are sure t
"A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions"
Augustus Hare, Writer
Small: Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
William Ellery Channing
"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"
William Ellery Channing, Writer
Small: The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you
Oscar Wilde
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few
Pythagoras
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lo
Charles F. Kettering
"Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb
Nelson Mandela
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb"
Nelson Mandela, Statesman
Small: In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learn
Laura Miller
"In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams"
Laura Miller, Politician
Small: Novelty is the great parent of pleasure
"Novelty is the great parent of pleasure"
Robert South, Clergyman
Small: We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems
John W. Gardner
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes
Jim Carrey
"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
Small: Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike
"Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem"
Paul Nurse, Scientist
Small: Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Great hopes make great men
Thomas Fuller
"Great hopes make great men"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon
Carl Jung
"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"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
Small: Great souls suffer in silence
Friedrich Schiller
"Great souls suffer in silence"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
Small: It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature
Henry James
"It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature"
Henry James, Writer
Small: To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them
Charles de Montesquieu
"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
Small: From here it sounds great to say well all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty day
Richard Hooker
"From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you"
Richard Hooker, Priest
Small: Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day
Thornton Wilder
"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"
Thornton Wilder, Writer
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