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A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Happiness
Truth
Great
Man
Others
Great Man
Seek
Seeks
Gives
He
Road
Does
Place
Applause
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Edgar Allan Poe
Great
Man
Way
Great Man
Attain
Himself
Greatness
Which
Little
Little Man
Vilify
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.
Theodore Roosevelt
Great
Man
Win
Overcome
Mind
Thousand
Must
Great Man
Spite
Merely
Obstacles
Make
Make Up
Boy
His
Up
Going
Who
Defeats
Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election.
Adolf Hitler
Great
Man
Election
Will
Eye
Great Man
Through
Sooner
Pass
Camel
Discovered
Than
Needle
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
Paul Valery
Great
Man
Gone
Others
Great Man
He
Leaves
Loss
After
Who
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Calvin Coolidge
Good
Great
Man
Great Man
Takes
Listener
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
W. Clement Stone
Adversity
Great
Man
Words
Matter
Endeavor
Field
Every
Benefit
Lies
Seed
Great Man
Magic
Known
Greater
Equivalent
Successful
Successful Man
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Benjamin Franklin
Time
Great
Man
Mistake
Goodness
Think
Virtuous
Great Man
Pronounce
Never
Without
Truly
Same
Same Time
Being
Grand
Certain
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
Great
Man
World
Sight
See
Great Man
Struggling
Bravest
Against
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Great
Man
Darkness
Torch
Great Man
Beacon
Prophecy
Inspiration
Superstition
Night
It makes a big difference when men respect women. There are a lot of men who don't, so that's the main quality that would make a good man a great man.
Stephanie Sigman
Good
Great
Man
Respect
Quality
Women
Good Man
Men
Big
Would
Great Man
Main
Make
Makes
Big Difference
Lot
Difference
Who
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.
John Ruskin
Great
Relationship
Man
First
Understanding
Doubt
Humility
Hesitation
Say
Great Man
He
Merely
Powers
Opinion
Test
His
Truly
Mean
Speaking
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
Mencius
Great
Man
Lose
Great Man
He
Does
His
Who
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.
James Dean
Life
Death
Great
Man
Live
Life And Death
Great Man
He
Between
Dead
Maybe
After
Then
Bridge
Gap
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
B. R. Ambedkar
Great
Man
Society
Great Man
Eminent
He
Ready
Different
Servant
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
Mencius
Great
Man
Great Man
Small
Self
He
Smaller
Greater
Becomes
His
Who
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Love
Great
Man
Hero
Great Man
Only
Contempt
Glory
Create
Creates
Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.
Diane Keaton
Best
Great
Me
Man
Writing
Great Man
Directing
Without
Movie
Realised
Movie Star
Star
Mediocre
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Thomas Carlyle
Great
History
Man
World
Men
Vain
Great Man
Great Men
Man Lives
The History Of
Lives
Biography
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.
Fredrik Bajer
Great
Character
Spiritual
Man
Result
Power
Other
Others
Gifts
Great Man
Qualities
Because
However
His
Influence
Mean
Who
Deserves
My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I am no great man and am lucky to have such a woman as you.
Wild Bill Hickok
Today
Great
You
Man
Woman
Face
Sweet
See
Great Man
Never
Know
Am
Dearly
Die
Want
Romantic
Lucky
Beloved
A great man is the man who does something for the first time.
Alexander Smith
Time
Great
Man
First
Great Man
Something
First Time
Does
Who
To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.
Charles Baudelaire
Great
Man
Important
Great Man
Oneself
Only
Important Thing
Saint
Thing
Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
E. L. Doctorow
Saying
Great
Man
Beginning
Books
Obama
Would
Great Man
He
Voted
Him
Because
Understand
Reads
Just
Anyway
Realities
I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.
Jacque Fresco
Great
History
Man
Science
Men
Believe
Other
Great Man
Great Men
Done
Just
Shoulders
Theory
Standing
I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, your girlfriend or not. I'm not gonna say that there's not that special girl out there. But I'm in the music biz, and I'm focused on the music.
Prince Royce
Music
Great
Man
Woman
Wife
Girl
Every
Think
Say
Focused
Out
Great Man
Girlfriend
She
Got
Behind
Whether
Gonna
Your
Special
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