Great love, like great genius, can never be a duty: both are life's gracious gifts to its elect.
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.
I was never involved in any fights in high school. I'm glad I wasn't. I'm not very big, and I don't find great joy in cuts and bruises.
Never, ever command respect. Always earn it. A leader steps into the arena, and a great leader should never ask anyone to do anything that they haven't done or they haven't experienced.
I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation.
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
I've never been a great one for technology.
Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.
You have to do more than the coaches ask you, or you'll never be a great player in this league.
Pogba has never stopped improving. He has everything to become a great player. If he keeps his head on his shoulders, he can make history.
If I follow the media and everyone that tries to set expectations for me because I'm a high draft pick, if I follow that, I will never become a great player.
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awesome harmony; great song writers; I just don't know anything besides, I guess, the popular songs on the radio.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
