G Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with G. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Great grief is a divine and terrible radiance which transfigures the wretched.”
Source: Les Mis??rables
“Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.”
“Great grief prays with great earnestness. Prayer is not a collection of balanced phrases; it is the pouring out of the soul. What is love if it be not fiery? What are prayers if the heart be not ablaze? They are the battles of the soul. In them men wrestle with principalities and powers...
”The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a stricken soul.”
“Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous.”
Source: Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (St. Denis)
“Great griefs medicine the less.”
Source: The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy--delineations of Character--paintings of Nature and the Passions--one Thousand Aphorisms--and Miscellaneous Pieces
“Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.”
“Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.”
“Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.”
Source: Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
“Great growth comes from loneliness. You have time to develop, dwell in your own mind and go a bit mad. All great people are a bit mad. That’s good to remember. Don’t escape it.
Great growth comes from time spent in foreign lands, watching foreign people with foreign cultures. It makes you forget about your own land and race and town for a while. Great growth also comes from rooting yourself into one place from time to time. Unpack your bags, get a nice bed, a book shelf, some friends. Learn to show up, keep in touch, stick around.
Growth comes in all sort of forms and shapes, everywhere at all times, and it’s yours to take and consume. Do what ought to be done. Here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.”
“Great habits sharpen our thoughts and make us great.”
“Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow. It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe.”
Source: Serapis
“Great has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.”
“Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.”
“Great. He had a ranch with no power, a burgeoning blizzard, animals depending on him and now, a frightened, felonious elf to look after.”
Source: Saving the Sheriff
“Great…” He sighed. “Where’s the boy? And you shouldn’t be here,” he murmured, glancing over his shoulder at Sam. “I heard Chief’s alert.”
“Safe, outside—where do you think I’d go?” I smiled. It was just like Lockland to be selfless and think of the boy’s welfare instead of his own. I shook my head, knowing Lock would expect me to respect his wishes, to keep myself safe, but his safety meant more to me than my own well-being.
“Remember, it’s you and me until the end,” I murmured, choking. I never thought words could be so hard to speak. “You made that promise. I’m keeping it.”
Source: Seduction Squad
“Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.”
“Great health is definitely something that affects your business in positive ways.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“Great heart!' said Turambar. 'Happy was the choice that took you for a helper!' But even
as he spoke, a great stone hurtled from above and smote Hunthor on the head, and he fell
into the water, and so ended: not the least valiant of the House of Haleth. Then Turambar
cried: Alas! It is ill to walk in my shadow! Why did I seek aid? For now you are alone, O
Master of Doom, as you should have known it must be. Now conquer alone!”
Source: The Children of Húrin
“Great heart will not be denied.”
Source: The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
“Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.”
Source: History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.”
“Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.”
Source: Morning and Evening
“Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.”
“Great heavens! If young people starting out in the world had any inkling of the suffering that awaited them, given the opportunity to return to nothingness, would anyone be left to set out upon life's journey!”
Source: Aline et Valcour
“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
Source: A fine and private place: The last unicorn
“Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as well as a wonderful writer, peels away the layers to reveal the true Cleopatraa much more interesting woman than the Hollywood version and, as it turns out, a formidable queen after all.”
“Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.”
“Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.”
Source: The Works of Ben Jonson
“Great hope, great courage.”
“Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207”
“Great hopes make everything great possible”
“Great hopes make great men.”
“Great hospitals do two things. They look after patients, and they teach young doctors. We look after clients, and we teach young advertising people.”
Source: The Unpublished David Ogilvy
“Great. How’s Mr. Capital Gains?”
“Good,” I say. “Really good.”
“How’s the sex?”
I smile. “Well.. pretty amazing. He’s kind of, uh…”
I pause.
“What?” she says.
“He likes it… a little rough, I guess.”
“Rough how?” Lidia says, unphased.
“Well,” I say slowly, “he spanked me last night.”
“My god,” she exhales. “I love it. Was it a rush? I’ve heard it’s a rush.”
I laugh. Lidia’s probably the only person in the world I could tell that to.
“Yeah, I think so,” I say. “It was kind of hot.”
Lidia laughs. “It’s only hot because he’s a millionaire.”
Source: Lowered Lashes
“Great humility brings great grace.”
“Great humorists are great insulters.”
Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
“Great Hypocrites are the real atheists.”
“Great," I groaned when I finally understood what he was telling me. "You're saying I'm a supernatural and I'm still the most pathetic person on the planet?”
Source: Ungifted
“Great. I guess you're the dog whisperer, vampire edition.”
Source: Dark Light of Mine
“Great! I hope different police officers are here this time."
"Might be, but we're in the same police jurisdiction. I'm certain from the last time you were here, they probably have a record about you. What was it you said? You were playing some game re-enactment the last time you were injured?"
"Yes. How did your brother come up the idea of a paint-ball game? That's a good one."
"He's played them here before. He would like to bring the game back to our world, but we fight for real.”
Source: Phantom Fae
“Great I’m surrounded by psychopaths and idiots”
“Great. I've been at this school for less than five hours and I've already made two enemies simply by existing.
-Clara”
Source: Unearthly
“Great ideas are fish in a stream. Your pen/pencil is a spear. If you don't spear them, they'll swim on by. Be ready.”
“Great ideas are like expensive wines. They are best enjoyed when shared . . . especially with those who have value for them.”
“Great ideas behave like the Sun. Even in the middle of nowhere, they find people and shine on them!”
“Great ideas can come from anywhere. There are no titles around an idea.”
“Great ideas come from difficult places”
“Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.”
“Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves.”
“Great ideas doesn't need approvals, they need application.”