A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

The great earthquake shall be in the month of May; Saturn, Capricorn, Jupiter, Mercury in Taurus; Venus, also Cancer, Mars in zero.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

One of the easiest things to incorporate into your everyday life is plank exercises: great for your core, great for your lower back.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

That seems to me the great American danger we're all in, that we'll bargain away the experience of being alive for the appearance of it.

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

Nobody was ever going to tell me that I didn't belong on a football field. And nobody was ever going to tell me that I couldn't be great.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

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.

I'm someone who likes to try new things and take on new challenges. I love making movies, but TV is also great. I really enjoy doing both.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

When you have a quality mattress, great sheets, and a good duvet with the perfect fill, it all works together to give you the perfect sleep.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

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.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.

Speed isn't everything, but he'd be a great striker at Atletico. Usain Bolt would be perfect for our game. Me behind and him up front. The best!

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

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