"It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously."
"Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt on Great"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein on Great"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
William Shakespeare on Great"One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak."
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Great"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
Winston Churchill on Great"The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood."
"What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?"
"If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth."
"We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast."
"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."