Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
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.
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.