It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

You never know what you can do till you try.

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.

It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

The only greatness for man is immortality.

If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.