Be Great Quotes

All great poets have been men of great knowledge.

[Thanatopsis] was written in 1817, when Bryant was 23. Had he died then, the world would have thought it had lost a great poet. But he lived on.

I am a living member of the great family of all souls.

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.

Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward; and at the period of which we speak, it bore other fruits, not unworthy of it.

41, you look great. Love what you're doing.

How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well?

Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.

Feasts and business and pleasure and enjoyments seem great things to us, whilst we think of nothing else; but as soon as we add death to them they all sink into an equal littleness.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."

One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.

What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.

Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.

A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant to Nature.

There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead.

Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.

I'm 44 years old. So, it's really great to watch younger generations getting their opportunities, and being there to support them in that.

I've read the Bible. I think the Bible's a great book, but it's a novel. It's beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.

Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.

Being known for musicals is a great thing.

Television is a pretty great job, to begin with, and I wouldn't have anything, if it weren't for the jobs that I've had in the past that have built up to that

On the weekends I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard.

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

I've always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am, the more it feeds into other creative aspects of my life.

There's nothing like having a great friends when you see them, you get that joy - that you can't really compare it with anything else.

You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful.

The Lord likes small things best, especially those done with love.

One thing is needful

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Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Five people with passion can do better than fifty people with mere desire or interest.

What it takes is the passion to lead and the commitment to that passion through a lifetime. A great number isn’t bad though, but doesn’t take numbers to change the world.

It was the hour of a profound human change, and excitement was generating on the air.

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For each of us, there comes a time when we must awaken and become what we were born to become.

I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men.

Being needed is a great thing. Maybe the great thing.