Quotes about Great

“Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.”

“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.”

“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”

“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”

“I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.”

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.”

“The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.”

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”

“High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.”

“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.”

“He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.”

“There is strength in numbers, but organizing those numbers is one of the great challenges.”

“The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.”

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”

“Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”

“You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.”

“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”

“Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.”

“I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.”