It is another's fault if he be ungrateful but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man I will oblige a great many that are not so.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster a great brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

All the ills of mankind all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books all the political blunders all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

The great object is that every man be armed.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat which is the combat of life and greater than every other earthly conflict.

A battle lost or won is easily described understood and appreciated but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection as well as observation to appreciate it.

Great hopes make great men.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

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.

Of course to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique they are great because of their passion.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things but only what is just whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Only passions great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation and then fail to get it.

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.