There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention. – Ernest Hemingway
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. – E. W. Howe
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. – Denis Diderot
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. – Plato
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. – Martha Graham
There are two powers in the world one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. – John Ruskin
Great hopes make great men. – Thomas Fuller
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. – Frederick Douglass
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. – Plato
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. – William James
The great object is that every man be armed. – Patrick Henry
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. – Moliere
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. – Oprah Winfrey
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. – Thomas Fuller
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. – Plato
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. – Helen Gurley Brown
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. – Bertrand Russell
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. – Charlie Chaplin
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. – Voltaire
