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Great Man Quotes

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so Picture Quote #1

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative Picture Quote #1

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it Picture Quote #1

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money. They don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination Picture Quote #1

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds Picture Quote #1

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats Picture Quote #1

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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people Picture Quote #1

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. I have talked to a great many people who are very good at it, but so far nobody has ever been able to hypnotize me Picture Quote #1

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well Picture Quote #1

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated Picture Quote #1

There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind Picture Quote #1

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study Picture Quote #1

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A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good Picture Quote #1

The borrowing is often honest enough, and comes of magnanimity and stoutness. A great man quotes bravely and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good Picture Quote #1

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude Picture Quote #1

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers Picture Quote #1

Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But they also remained very quiet. The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil. Perhaps this is inherent. In a community where the primary concern is making money, one of the necessary rules is to live and let live. To speak out against madness may be to ruin those who have succumbed to it. So the wise in Wall Street are nearly always silent. The foolish thus have the field to themselves. None rebukes them Picture Quote #1

We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves Picture Quote #1

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A lie is troublesome, and sets a man’s invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good Picture Quote #1

The average person’s idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served Picture Quote #1

The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does Picture Quote #1

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be Picture Quote #1

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions Picture Quote #1

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don’t have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough Picture Quote #1

It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this Picture Quote #1

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave Picture Quote #1

As a great man’s influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain Picture Quote #1

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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so (Great Man Quotes) When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative (Great Man Quotes) To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it (Great Man Quotes) The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money. They don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination (Great Man Quotes) Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds (Great Man Quotes) The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats (Great Man Quotes) If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people (Great Man Quotes) I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. I have talked to a great many people who are very good at it, but so far nobody has ever been able to hypnotize me (Great Man Quotes) I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well (Great Man Quotes) A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated (Great Man Quotes) There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind (Great Man Quotes) In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study (Great Man Quotes) A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good (Great Man Quotes) The borrowing is often honest enough, and comes of magnanimity and stoutness. A great man quotes bravely and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good (Great Man Quotes) The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude (Great Man Quotes) The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers (Great Man Quotes) Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But they also remained very quiet. The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil. Perhaps this is inherent. In a community where the primary concern is making money, one of the necessary rules is to live and let live. To speak out against madness may be to ruin those who have succumbed to it. So the wise in Wall Street are nearly always silent. The foolish thus have the field to themselves. None rebukes them (Great Man Quotes) We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves (Great Man Quotes) A lie is troublesome, and sets a man’s invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good (Great Man Quotes) The average person’s idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served (Great Man Quotes) The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does (Great Man Quotes) A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be (Great Man Quotes) Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions (Great Man Quotes) He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man (Great Man Quotes) I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works (Great Man Quotes) 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 Man Quotes) If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don’t have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough (Great Man Quotes) It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this (Great Man Quotes) There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave (Great Man Quotes) As a great man’s influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain (Great Man Quotes)

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