The herd seek out the great not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Call it loyalty call it what you want but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts nor is he a tactician nor is he a general nor is he a soldier. Other than that he's a great military man I want you to know that.

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.

Apparently a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

There is no medicine like hope no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again from zero.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts nor is he a tactician nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

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.

The three great elements of modern civilization Gun powder Printing and the Protestant religion.

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

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.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.