Top 25 Great Men Quotes of 109

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

Men, Great Men, Small Man

People who accomplish a great many things are people who have freed themselves from biases. These are the creative people.

Milton H. Erickson

People, Creative, Great Men

Milton H. Erickson (1992). “The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy”, p.106, Ardent Media

Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him

Tariq Ramadan

Men, Behind Every Great Man, Great Men

Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.

John Wimber

Men, Focus, Great Men

People talk about me because I am a great man

Chris Oyakhilome

Men, People, Great Men

A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.

Robert Burns

Men, Average, Great Men

He was a great man. And he was also me.

Jeff Goldblum

Men, Great Men

I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable

Alfred Lansing

Writing, Opinion, Great Men

Alfred Lansing (2015). “Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage”, p.11, Basic Books

Even great men can be corrupted

J. Edgar Hoover

Men, Great Men

Great men have great dogs.

Otto von Bismarck

Dog, Men, Great Men

she smiled at him, and at her own fears.

Leo Tolstoy

Smile, Fear, Great Men

Leo Tolstoy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)”, p.2088, Delphi Classics

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Aristotle

Men, Melancholy, Great Men

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

Great men never require experience.

Benjamin Disraeli

Men, Experience, Great Men

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.

Marcus Buckingham

Genius, Great Men, Triggers

In success be moderate. Humility makes great men twice honourable.

Benjamin Franklin

Humility, Men, Great Men

"Poor Richard: An Almanack".

God will put up with a great many things in the human heart, but there is one thing that He will not put up with in it--a second place. He who offers God a second place, offers Him no place.

John Ruskin

Heart, Great Men, Gods Will

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill (1865). “Precious Thoughts”, p.101

I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.

Casey Stengel

Player, Great Men, Response

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Pierre Corneille

Great Men, Wells, Great Managers

All great virtues become great men.

Pierre Corneille

Men, Virtue, Great Men

I can assure you, that once you get rid of the notion of art, you acquire a great many wonderful new freedoms.

Jean Tinguely

Art, Wonderful, Great Men

Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.

Idries Shah

Men, Effort, Great Men

Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.133, Octagon Press Ltd

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.

Catharine MacKinnon

Color, People, Great Men

There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye.

Frank Gehry

Eye, Architecture, Great Men

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.

Gregory Peck

Men, Hats, Great Men