Quotes about Great

“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”

“The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.”

“Great necessities call out great virtues.”

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”

“I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.”

“No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.”

“All great chefs have two things in common. First, they respect nature as the true artist, and they are just cooks. Second, everything that they do is an extension of them as a person.”

“It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.”

“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”

“Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.”

“Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.”

“I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.”

“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”

“Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.”

“The great thing about pastry is there are so many avenues - it's very hard to get bored doing this.”

“'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.”

“There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine.”

“Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.”

“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.”

“The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.”