The great person is ahead of their time the smart make something out of it and the blockhead sets themselves against it.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.