All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Everything has become so easy. It's great that it's at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we're connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we're speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

You're never too old to start learning, and you're never too young to aim high and achieve great things.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

Someone told me that having a baby is like having your heart walking around outside of your body, and I didn't understand it until I had a baby. Now, like, everything he does literally crushes my heart. In a great way. And then if he's in pain, it's like my whole endeavor is to make sure he's not in pain.

Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.

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.

You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father's brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes.

I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore.

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

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

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.

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

Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion.

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

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

Embrace a diversity of ideas. Embrace the fact that you can disagree with people and not be disagreeable. Embrace the fact that you can find common ground - if you disagree on nine out of 10 things, but can find common ground on that 10th, maybe you can make progress. If you can find common ground, you can accomplish great things.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Great companies are built in the office, with hard work put in by a team.