Be Great Quotes

"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The distinguishing characteristic of all really great men and women is an unwavering faith.

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men.

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men fill me with nothing but overwhelming horror.

I simply find it boring to walk around like everybody else. I find it really great to stand out and do something special.

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort

For me, the essence of a medicine man's life is to be humble, to have great patience, to be close to the Earth, to live as simply as possible, and to never stop learning.

Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Never assume greatness is for someone else. Imagine every day that you too can do great things. Have the courage to take the challenge, make the mistakes, and move forward.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.

Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.

The great spiritual geniuses, whether it was Moses, Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Jesus, or Emerson..... have taught man to look within himself to find God.

I've already done enough to have earned 'good driver,' so if I can be known as a great person and a good driver, that's better than only being a great driver.

True and great love springs out of great knowledge, and where you know little you can love but little or not at all.

But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.

Don’t just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.

I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down.

There's nothing better than meeting somebody with a great soul, and a great spirit and a good heart.

Everything starts with the customer.

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.

Sensations are the great things, after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations; they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

The secret to a really great friendship is just creating fun memories whenever you're with that person.

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.

You hear all this whining going on, "Where are our great writers?" The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?

My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will.

Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

The great work of social transformation begins with the first small step of stopping, calming, relaxing, reflecting and acting in a beneficial way.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

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.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

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

Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.