Great Men Quotes - Page 6

• I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.

  Marguerite Yourcenar

  Men, Thinking, Heroism

  Marguerite Yourcenar (1957). “Hadrian's Memoirs”

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• I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do

  Bruce Catton

  Men, Thinking, Bravery

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• The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages was their ability to contact and release the powers of their subconscious mind. You can do the same.

  Joseph Murphy

  Men, Secret, Mind

  Joseph Murphy, General Press (2016). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.14, GENERAL PRESS

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• There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

  Gregory Peck

  Men, Hats, Acquaintance

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• I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness and divinity of nature were not shams, who alone had and imparted true insight into the good, and who brought deliverance to all that consorted with him.

  Lucian

  Men, Blow, Divinity

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• Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.

  Samuel J. Wurzelbacher

  Apology, Men, Usa

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• You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter

  Tacitus

  Believe, Men, Good Man

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• Hitler had an unprecedented opportunity, such as no man will ever again be offered so easily, to create something entirely new. However, besides the fact that he knows absolutely nothing about matters economic, he cannot even fully understand his economic advisers. . . . His constant worry has ever been to keep himself in power. . . . He believes that he alone is a great man, and all others non-entities.

  Fritz Thyssen

  Believe, Opportunity, Men

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• It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.

  Henry Fielding

  Friendship, Men, Creating

  Henry Fielding (1975). “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling”, p.58, Wesleyan University Press

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• The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Throughout the history of mankind, if any motive power has been more potent than another in the lives of all great men and women, it is that of faith in themselves.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Faith, Men, Evil

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.10, editionNEXT.com

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• Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

  Booker T. Washington

  Men, Hatred, African American

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• It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Love, Atheist, Men

  Telephone Remarks to a Group of Boy Scouts: "What it Means to Be a Boy Scout", July 25, 1924.

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• In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the top more certainly and more rapidly than ever before.

  Frederick Winslow Taylor

  Learning, Knowledge, Men

  Frederick Winslow Taylor (2016). “The Principles of Scientific Management”, p.6, Cosimo Classics

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• A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

  David Suzuki

  Wise, Book, Tree

  David Suzuki, Wayne Grady (2007). “Tree: A Life Story”, p.9, Greystone Books Ltd

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• Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that when victory is assured they will sit down and reckon what the future is going to be for their countries as well as for other lands.

  David Lloyd George

  Hope, Country, Time

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• All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.

  Peter Lynch

  Hands, People, Effort

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Men, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.

  Anna Brackett

  Struggle, Men, Answers

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• Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on earth.

  Will Cuppy

  Animal, Men, Race

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• Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Men, Excellence, Common

  Orison Swett Marden (1896). “Pushing to the Front: Or Success Under Difficulties, a Book of Inspiration and Encouragement to All who are Struggling for Self-elevation Along the Paths of Knowledge and of Duty”

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• A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Speech, Indispensable

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.860, Best Books on

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• Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Men, Excellence, Ordinary

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• Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?

  Tommy Rettig

  Boys, Marijuana, Men

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• Throughout history, people in all cultures and lands have gathered together at mealtimes. In forests and mountains, in humble abodes and great mansions, beneath star filled skies and beside hearths, people have given thanks, and offered their blessings.

  John Robbins

  Stars, Humble, Blessing

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• The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

  Gerald Stanley Lee

  Men, Hands, He Man

  Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People”

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