“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
Greatness is not reserved for a select few. These quotes explore what it takes to do exceptional work, live with purpose, and push past mediocrity — not through talent alone, but through persistence, vision, and the refusal to settle.
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.”
“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.”
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.”
“Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.”
“Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.”
“The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.”
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.”
“Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.”
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.”
“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”
“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.”
“I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke every last one of 'em.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”