It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment; in these qualities old age is usually not only not poorer but is even richer.
Humor is the only test of gravity and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
When Newton saw an apple fall he found … A mode of proving that the earth turnd round In a most natural whirl called gravitation; And thus is the sole mortal who could grapple Since Adam with a fall or with an apple.
No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This and not much else is the essence of leadership.
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
This nation this generation in this hour has mans first chance to build a Great Society a place where the meaning of mans life matches the marvels of mans labor.
Acting without design occupying oneself without making a business of it finding the great in what is small and the many in the few repaying injury with kindness effecting difficult things while they are easy and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.
It is certain that the greatest poets orators statesmen and historians men of the most brilliant and imposing talents have labored as hard if not harder than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men.
If we are to be really great people we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Great men never make bad use of their superiority; they see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have the more they know their own deficiencies.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Great men are meteors that burn so that the earth may be lighted.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment; in these qualities old age is usually not only not poorer but is even richer.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
People with great gifts are easy to find but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Great perils have this beauty that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The fame of great men ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it.
If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
Some are born great some achieve greatness and others have it pinned on them
You may share the labours of the great but you will not share the spoil.
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.
Humor is the only test of gravity and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous a fertile soil busy workshops and easy conveyance for men and commodities.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Great ideas need landing gears as well as wings.
Some are born great some achieve greatness and some hire public relations officers.
In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters as they are.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.
When Newton saw an apple fall he found … A mode of proving that the earth turnd round In a most natural whirl called gravitation; And thus is the sole mortal who could grapple Since Adam with a fall or with an apple.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it.
Where there is great love there are always miracles.
Responsibility is the price of greatness.
Men of principles are always bold but those who are bold are not always men of principle.
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must I think have great sadness on Earth.
No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.
Little strokes Fell great oaks.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This and not much else is the essence of leadership.
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind.
Many small make a great.
Great liars are also great magicians.
The world?s great men have not commonly been great scholars nor its great scholars great men.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force; that thoughts rule the world.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
This nation this generation in this hour has mans first chance to build a Great Society a place where the meaning of mans life matches the marvels of mans labor.
Acting without design occupying oneself without making a business of it finding the great in what is small and the many in the few repaying injury with kindness effecting difficult things while they are easy and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.
If any man seeks for greatness let him forget greatness and ask for truth and he will find both.
It is certain that the greatest poets orators statesmen and historians men of the most brilliant and imposing talents have labored as hard if not harder than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men.
They [the looters] are not the enemy they are our citizens.
The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness his deeds his love and his compassion.
If we are to be really great people we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Great men never make bad use of their superiority; they see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have the more they know their own deficiencies.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.