Quotes about Great

“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”

“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.”

“On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.”

“Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.”

“I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.”

“Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'”

“A fit body gives you confidence. And there's nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you'll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.”

“Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.”

“I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.”

“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.”

“A great man is always willing to be little.”

“Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.”

“I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.”

“When your physical energy and mind combines, it's great.”

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.”

“I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.”

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.”

“AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.”

“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”