Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennifer Granholm

Her greatness lay in doing what everybody could do but doesn't. She was unexpected. She was untitled. . . . (She was) an improbable warrior that was leading an unlikely army of waitresses and street sweepers and shopkeepers and auto mechanics.

Gene Luen Yang

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

Justin Ramsey

We took very seriously our responsibilities with the government. All of us have a very strong belief in the Army and how it operates and what it does for us. We took a lot of pride in supporting the soldier in whatever way we could. When we left the Arsenal, it was very difficult for us. We wanted to let them know we would support them in any way we could.

James Barber

He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into the Army thinking, 'I'll give it a try.'

Truman Capote

[T]he army of wrongness rampant in the world might as well march over me.

Trey Songz

I grew up poor, but I didn't really know it because of amazing places like the Salvation Army where we got a lot of our Christmas presents from.

Rick Riordan

Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me.

Woody Hayes

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

William G. Boykin

Those Muslims in Americas army that stand with the Constitution, I support them, and I think we all have to.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

William Gilmore Simms

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

Robert Ringer

The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it.

Saint Augustine

The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.

Will Self

The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff.

W. Clement Stone

If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you.

W. C. Fields

I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness.

Zhuangzi

One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.

Yvette Clarke

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

Ryan Jones

I think the discipline in our school is wonderful.

Carl Ragasa

We've been winning everything lately and that's just a testament to the hard work and discipline these men possess.

Wayne Thiebaud

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

Twyla Tharp

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

William Hague

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

William Eggleston

I've also never had favorite pictures. Or subjects. I have this discipline of treating everything equally-I used to say "democratically."

Wendell Phillips

Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Yahya Jammeh

Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.

Wynton Marsalis

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.