A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. – Aristotle
Great acts are made up of small deeds. – Lao Tzu
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. – Lao Tzu
If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. – Lao Tzu
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. – Friedrich Nietzsche
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. – Michael Jordan
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. – Lao Tzu
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. – Friedrich Nietzsche
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. – Nelson Mandela
If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened – as if somebody was trying to demote them. – Marilyn Monroe
Success has always been a great liar. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. – Jim Rohn
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars. – Henry David Thoreau
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. – Friedrich Nietzsche
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. – Robert Frost
