Great-men Quotes

Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

How many great men didn't know enough, or have enough faith in the creative process and in themselve...

The boulder is the truth that the great men know by instinct, and the mountain is the stupidity of m...

We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly less stupid than we are to accept truths tha...

You and I, Ella, we are the failures. We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more s...

What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

...You are a little boy. You want the moon to drink from as a golden cup; and so, it is very likely ...

Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men.