Be Great Quotes
The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.
Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!
Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.
It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.
And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about the carefree flinging of your body to great music. It can be so joyous.
My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
I think a great artist should be able to create any style, any form, anything from rock to pop to gospel to spiritual, just wonderful music where everybody can sing it.
I'm surrounded by people who care about me and love me. I have a great job. I have wonderful roommates who take care of me. I have a family who adores me.
Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.
A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips and teaches us to perceive reality differently.
The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
Real Womanhood isn’t a function of becoming a great mother, but of being loved by your Great Father.
Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.
Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.
Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.
The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.
I find that the three truly great times for thinking thoughts are when I am standing in the shower, sitting on the john, or walking. And the greatest of these, by far, is walking.
Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
