“Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.”
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.
“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”
“Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.”
“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.”
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
“The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence.”
“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
“The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.”
“The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.”
“I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.”
“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.”
“Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger.”
“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”
“Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.”
“If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does Russia.”
“Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.”