Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions.
To me, there's no great chef without a great team.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes.
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.
The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.
The workshop to me always means great atmosphere, working, smell of wood, dust and, at the end of the day, you've created something.
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.
I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.
Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
I do like my breasts. They're great, so much fun. You can do what you like with them.
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Nostalgia is one thing. It's great to go and play the old songs. People know them and appreciate them. You got to give them what they want to hear.
It has been great journey from where I have started to where I am today. I am really blessed with God's grace.
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen.
Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle - my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
I will remember this day for the rest of my life. There is nothing you can say. It's just like you won the match after the earthquake and it just feels great.
The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
The name, Seventh-day Adventist, is a standing rebuke to the Protestant world. Here is the line of distinction between the worshipers of God, and those who worship the beast, and receive his mark. The great conflict is between the commandments of God and the requirements of the beast.
It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.
Globalization can be a great opportunity.
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
People know if you care about them. How do you show people that you care? By caring for them. By putting their needs first. By sacrificing for them. By serving them. Do that, and you'll build a great team.
For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
We grow small trying to be great.
I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.