It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. – J. K. Rowling
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. – Rudy Giuliani
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. – Edmund Burke
Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life. – Robin Hayes
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. – Swami Sivananda
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously. – Lope de Vega
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend. – Jim Harrison
Marriage is a great institution. – Elizabeth Taylor
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. – Andrew Jackson
Irreligion – the principal one of the great faiths of the world. – Ambrose Bierce
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Success is a great deodorant. – Elizabeth Taylor
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. – John Ruskin
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. – Black Elk
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. – Jean Rostand
The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. – Blaise Pascal
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. – Saint Augustine
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. – William Blake
