Great Man Quotes

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

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.

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.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.