Quotes Tagged "great-men"

In the Hindu religion, one can[not] have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas. If the Vedas do not support the actions, instructions must be sought from the Smritis, and if the Smritis fail to provide any such instructions, he must follow in the footsteps of the great men. He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought

People told Henry Ford he couldn't do it. People told Thomas Edison he couldn't do it. People told Andrew Carnegie he couldn't do it. People told Jesus Christ he couldn't do it. They all have in common they were told they couldn't do it and they all have something else in common, they all did it!

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

Gutenberg and Richter were very great men.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.