I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

There are two powers in the world one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both that of the women.

Of course to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique they are great because of their passion.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

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.

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.

Only passions great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation and then fail to get it.

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.