Great Events Quotes

Great Events Quote of the day

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves.

In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

The great events of the world take place in the brain.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Great events have sent before them their announcements.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Great men, great events, great epochs, it has been said, grow as we recede from them; and the rate at which they grow in the estimation of men is in some sort a measure of their greatness.

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?

Here, the revolution was prepared. Here it was achieved. Here all the great events were fostered.

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

The first springs of great events, like those of great rivers, are often mean and little.

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

It is curious to look back and realize upon what trivial and apparently coincidental circumstances great events frequently turn as easily and naturally as a door on its hinges.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

Great events are the hour-hands of time, while small events mark the minutes.

It's customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.