Great Quotes

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

God is love, and His law is love. Its two great principles are love to God and love to man.

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.

All great empires die from within.

I've always loved great upholstery, and think that a great sofa is one of the most important pieces of furniture in your home.

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.