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.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
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.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
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.
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
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.
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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.
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence.
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.
I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
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.
There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand.
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company.
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.