A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism pride hardness and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful nay essential to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.