I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process. – Donald Trump
People might not think that, but the Republicans have all of the cards. And this is the time to get rid of Obamacare. This is the time to make the great deal. – Donald Trump
To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing. – Fred Durst
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon
Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had. – Carlos Ghosn
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. – Daniel J. Boorstin
Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions. – Lara Flynn Boyle
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. – Brad Henry
Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst. – Campbell Scott
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. – Lee Iacocca
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. – James Dean
The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. – William Butler Yeats
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you. – Pope John Paul II
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. – James Russell Lowell
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. – Julius Caesar
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. – Honore de Balzac
