Be Great Quotes

Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.

Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but only serve the agenda of the heart.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

When people are really great at what they do there is no aggression because they are comfortable in their own skin. They know themselves well enough that you don't have anything to prove.

Humor is such a great gift - why leave it to chance?

I never pretended to be a great actor.

I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.

Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level.

Obsession can be a great thing or it can also destroy lives.

Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

I am helping people maybe scrape off some of the old stuff that has been put upon us that has taken us from being genius's to not feeling great about ourselves by having doubts, fears and anxieties.

It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature.

My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.

There's no way to replicate a really great vocal sometimes.

I recognize that there are some great things about not playing a song live, and just kind of piecing it together as you go.

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.

I think Daily Kos is a really great example of where it's really worked in terms of putting the opinions of a larger group of people forward. And Kos has obviously had a huge impact on politics.

Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"

Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.

Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude.

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.

A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.

Great visions are cast one on one.

It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.

I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

You have to have great design to be competitive in today’s markets.

Great works of the imagination are not produced quickly nor do they take quick effect on the popular mind.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

I have confidence in my campaign. I have assembled a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush, and any rumors to the contrary are completely erroneous.

'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.

Great things happen nationally when topmost leadership is goaded and supported from below.

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else

Whatever. Great day. Today. Best day of my life.

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.

From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland.

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.