Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mel Stottlemyre

The league's hitting .193 off Eddie. He's been great for us all year, ... You saw tonight, he's down to 87-88 (mph). He's been 91-93 in the past.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Mencius

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

James McAvoy

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

Norman Vincent Peale

Expect great things, and great things will come.

Epictetus

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Larry Sabato

The devastation is so great and the stories of the victims have united Americans in sympathy.

Kathleen Blanco

The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's totally overwhelming.

Kathleen Blanco

The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It is just totally overwhelming, ... We need to save as many people as we can save, and that is our mission for today.

Kathleen Blanco

The devastation is greater than our worst fears, ... It is just totally overwhelming. It is a tragedy of great proportions.

Abraham Cowley

A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.

All of this is Monday morning quarterbacking. If you or I were in there we'd probably have done a much worse job. His great legacy was his pragmatism. He was cautious.

James Mason

All of the villains in my life have been great smoothies.

Greg Thomas

All of the guys who stepped in for Maurice did a great job, I thought.

Sam Shepard

All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.

All of them wrestled great and had big wins for us.

Brandon Roy

All these accomplishments wouldn't be as great if we were just a mediocre team right now.

All the guys are happy to do it. It's a great cause, and I hope everyone comes out.

All sorts of things are going to be happening. It's going to be a great day,

Francis Bacon

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

Francis Bacon

All rising to a great place is by a winding stair

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

Hermann Hesse

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

Henry Steele Commager

What every college must do is hold up before the young the spectacle of greatness.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Henrik Ibsen

The greatest victory is defeat.

Herodotus

It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.

Heinrich Heine

Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

Henry Ward Beecher

In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention.

Henry Ward Beecher

The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.