Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

If you want to achieve something great, you have to work hard for it. It is as simple as that.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Donald Trump is a good man, and he will make a great president of the United States of America.

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

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

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months.

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

A great tailor is like a great personal trainer - they tailor that suit to your natural physique.

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

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

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

I believe in the power of great clothing. It can evoke confidence, beauty, and a sense of glamour.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

I think that any time of great pain is a time of transformation, a fertile time to plant new seeds.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.

We are only tenants, and shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.

Study what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. It'll be one great adventure.

Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.

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