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
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. – Barack Obama
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. – W. Clement Stone
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. – Oprah Winfrey
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. – Charles Dickens
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. – Rabindranath Tagore
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. – Dan Gable
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. – Voltaire
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead. – Voltaire
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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. – Samuel Johnson
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. – Chuck Palahniuk
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams
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
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. – Voltaire
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. – Andrew Carnegie
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral. – Robert Louis Stevenson
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. – Orison Swett Marden
