Men are only as great as they are kind. – Elbert Hubbard
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big. – Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. – Charles Spurgeon
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. – Thomas Paine
One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. – Barack Obama
Where there is great love, there are always wishes. – Willa Cather
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. – Edgar Allan Poe
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. – Edward de Bono
There is a woman at the begining of all great things. – Alphonse de Lamartine
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. – Plato
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort. – Theodore Roosevelt
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. – Dr. Seuss
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. – Thomas A. Edison
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon Hill
Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. – Plato
Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. – Theodore Roosevelt
No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. – H. L. Mencken
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. – Dag Hammarskjold
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. – Plato
