The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does. – William Blake
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. – Saint Augustine
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. – Orison Swett Marden
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – George Eliot
The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough. – Andrew Jackson
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. – James Madison
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. – Boris Yeltsin
On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects. – Karl Marx
Thrift is of great revenue. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. – Benjamin Disraeli
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went. – Omar Khayyam
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. – Blaise Pascal
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way. – Orison Swett Marden
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. – James A. Michener
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. – Epictetus
