When small men attempt great enterprises they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Like me the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

The Bee Gees who are brilliant I just love great music.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers pillow fights and things but I was used to always cry from loneliness.

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.

Defense is a definite part of the game and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Character in great and little things means carrying through what you feel able to do.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil which I have forsaken in my great discouragement and I will go on with my drawing.

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky the great ocean and the highest peak empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying and thereby they achieve great results.

A constant struggle a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings is the price of all great achievements.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.