Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: great

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.

It's never too late to be great.

It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.

People who become 'elite' at what they do aren't striving to be 'elite' just to join some special club. They take great joy and satisfaction in the pursuit of mastery, and they compete against themselves, not others.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

When you play in a great club like Real Madrid, it's hard to stay here.

It's true that in my family, everyone loves football. So it's great to have a family that's united behind you and doesn't leave you.

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

I don't know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It's also changing how we're telling stories.

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.

Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

The idea behind fast food is great - people want convenience.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.

A great melodic line is like a person's soul, and coming up with an original melody, it can be like you are illustrating the soul.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Tradition is the great misleader because it's too easy to follow what has already been done - even though you may think you're giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.