Be Great Quotes

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.

I think people need to know that there's great peace and joy in knowing the Lord - the Lord Jesus Christ - as your savior.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Heaven's great artillery.

No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom.

Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.

The late Richard Feynman, a superb physicist, said once as we talked about the laser that the way to tell a great idea is that, when people hear it, they say, 'Gee, I could have thought of that.'

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

No man ever did or can do a great work alone.

Hong Kong is a nice playground for my street pieces as the architecture is very different from my home city. It's also a great opportunity to take place in a dynamic city of the global art scene.

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

I never really consider myself as a great artist. I just always like to draw.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.

All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.

A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage.

So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it.

If, like Jacob, you trust God in little things, He may answer you by great things.

The great scientist dares to differ from accepted 'facts' - think irrationally - let the artist do likewise.

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

I've never believed anyone could put more pressure on me than I put on myself. People expect great things from me. I expect great things from myself.

Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring.

Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

Great ideas can come from anywhere. There are no titles around an idea.

Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.

All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.

I have jobs that I've preferred more than others simply because I've gotten to meet and make friends with great people. I've pulled at least one very close friend from every project I've done.

Each of us has great gifts, but many of us severely limit ourselves with negative attitudes about our potential.

Some relationships aren't meant to be Great Love; they're meant to be like a hot fudge sundae--enjoyable but not something you can acually live on.

When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.

Tony Blair will be remembered as a great friend to Wales because it was his landslide election victory in 1997 that led to devolution.