Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Use this quote
Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. Use this quote
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. Use this quote
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. Use this quote
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Use this quote
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Use this quote
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. Use this quote
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Use this quote
All great truths begin as blasphemies. Use this quote
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. Use this quote
You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them. Use this quote
Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. Use this quote
When I was 20, I thought I was 30 - but I was so far from it. When you're young, you want everything to happen now. As you mature, you can look back and see all the great things you achieved with time and patience. Use this quote
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Use this quote
Mankind is made great or little by its own will. Use this quote
I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. Use this quote
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Use this quote
The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. Use this quote
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. Use this quote
I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. Use this quote