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Great Man Quotes (page 2)

As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain. Cleveland Abbe
He has come to be the great man he thought he wanted to be. If this is true, then he is not a man. He is still a little boy and wants the moon. John Steinbeck
Victor Hugo quote: "Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a..."
Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit. Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo quote: "Sire," said M. Myriel, "you are looking at a good man, and I..."
Sire," said M. Myriel, "you are looking at a good man, and I at a great man. Each of us can profit by it. Victor Hugo
Arthur Miller quote: "A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man."
A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man. Arthur Miller
Mencius quote: "He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he..."
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. Mencius
James Dean quote: "If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can..."
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
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
Alexander Smith quote: "A great man is the man who does something for the first time."
A great man is the man who does something for the first time. Alexander Smith
Elizabeth Blair of brother Frank: he could “not let even a great man set his small dogs on him without kicking the dog & giving his master some share of the resentment. Doris Kearns Goodwin
A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair. James, what’s wrong?' the friend asked. 'Is it the work?' Joyce indicated assent without even raising his head to look at his friend. Of course it was the work; isn’t it always? How many words did you get today?' the friend pursued. Joyce (still in despair, still sprawled facedown on his desk): 'Seven.' Seven? But James… that’s good, at least for you.' Yes,'... Stephen King
I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person. Arthur Miller
The cause of right is never lost, Leal. I've often thought the biggest damned fool in the world could to down in history as a great man if he would just consistently vote for the greatest good of the greatest number - Kilkenny Louis L'Amour
Oscar Wilde quote: "Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it."
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde
Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived? Stefan Zweig

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