Greatness Quotes

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

I have done a great deal of work, as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God’s hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.

Either nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the world is not yet anywhere near to being fully civilized.

When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before.

I was a tomboy and I didn’t have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.

The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and I’ll repeat them after him. I think that would be so great because I’m so empty I just can’t think of anything to say.

Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

I’m not afraid of death. That is the greatest mystery of all. That’ll be it, that one. But it is all a race against time.