Great Things Quotes

I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

You can see that all these people who did really great things failed six times or didn't get going until they were much older. I think that's much more instructive and educational.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

I'm a true country Southern girl that has always been built around family, cookouts and gatherings and being together on the holidays, singing together and laughing together. So whenever God opened doors for me to be able to travel the world and sing and do all the great things that I've done, I didn't want to lose that part so family first for me.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard and and perseverance. No excuses.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most.

It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.

Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.

I feel like I've seen a lot of talented people, and some have gone on to great things, and some have gone on to successful careers and done alright but without great amounts of fame and recognition.

I want to stand up and cheer until I realize what he told me was all the great things about my privacy except that he really told me between the lines is that he is going to continue to collect all my private records without a warrant.

Man is not on this earth merely to be happy, or even to be simply honest. He is there to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility and to surmount the vulgarity of almost everybody.

When I lost my wife I had a whole different concept of her life. She lived 21 years and people who knew her know it wasn't about the great things she did on this earth. It wasn't that she had money or had popularity, it was that she loved Jesus Christ more than anything else in this world. That was how she related to the world.

I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.

It [being an immigrant] gave me a huge advantage. Being an immigrant is the best of both worlds. You’re programmed two different ways. You’re bringing the best from your culture—and Hispanic culture has so many great things—and mixing it with the greatest country in the world. That gives us an advantage in comparison to somebody who was born in the U.S., went to school here, and the U.S. is all they’ve seen. We’ve seen the other side.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

That's one of the great thing about writing is that you get to be in someone's head.

Great things are won by great dangers.