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" It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. "

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" Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness. "

Francis of Assisi

" The pen and the written word hold a great deal of power. "

" The stuff that I used to worry about before, it's like I don't worry about it anymore. Which is kind of a beautiful result of having a baby. It's like everything gets so simple. It's like, 'Great, I care about how you're doing. I care about getting you what you need, and the rest of this stuff, if it happens, great, if it doesn't happen, oh well.' "

" Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. "

Charles de Montesquieu

" Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. "

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

" I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community. "

" Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. "

" The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something. "

" I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around. "

Victoria Beckham

" Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before. "

Sojourner Truth

" Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket. "

" There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. "

" I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me. "

" It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber. "

" How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. "

Alexander the Great

" I was able to get along with everybody. I really enjoyed all of those guys. They were unique in their own ways, and I think that's what made the sport fun. We had a great time laughing and having fun. "

" No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. "

" It's a great honour to be recognised and appreciated by your fellow colleagues. "

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

" Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America. "

Black And White

" I wasn't born with a silver spoon in Beverly Hills, but I was born with a great deal of self-worth. "

" Where there is no property there is no injustice. "

" I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

" When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. "

" Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising. "

" If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. "