Be Great Quotes

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

What a great thing! To be a writer! Words are something you can carry in your head. You can really 'travel light.'

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.

Great loves too must be endured.

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

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 things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.

We have outlived this embryo, this human cradle, and now it's time to be up and about the great business of becoming citizens of the galaxy and at home with our own heart.

I love to see when ya move with the rhythm; I love to see when you're dancin' from within; It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness, everyone doin' and they're doing their best!

Valor is common but great souls are rare.

Don't expect a great day; create one.

Good art and a good life answers questions. Great art and a great life asks questions.

I have a great family, great kids. I have practically everything, you know? Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's really true: Life starts at 50.

But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves.

I have great confidence in Rene and high expectations for our squad to respond.

The only difference between the failure of a great idea and the success of a medocre idea was the way in which the idea was communicated.

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

Just as the ability to devise simple but evocative models is the signature of the great scientist so overelaboration and overparameterization is often the mark of mediocrity.

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.

A poor teacher complains, an average teacher explains, a good teacher teaches, a great teacher inspires.

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

Don't obey God to get things. Obey God to get God. He is your shield and your very great reward.

Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.

We can never lose anything that is good, never lose love or the memories of great happiness because they are true.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.

The great thing about the Internet is, it's the freest marketplace of ideas that there is.

Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights.

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.

Good coffee is a benefit, but great coffee is a reward, and the difference between good and great is just pennies a day.

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought.