#great man

A great man is the man who does something for the first time. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#first #first time #great #great man #man

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

#benefit #endeavor #equivalent #every #field

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#claims #defend #duty #esteem #gratitude

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

#called #character #deserves #earns #gifts

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#good #great #great man #hitler #jews

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#behind #every #eyes #great #great man

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#directing #great #great man #i #man

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#contempt #great #great art #great man #man

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

#beloved #dearly #die #face #great